Scarborough Fair

X:44
T:Scarborough Fair
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Carey, I9I5, pp. 20ff. Also, without accompaniment, in
O:Wells' I950, p. 17I-
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
d | BAB G3 | c2 A G G2 | ABc d2 d |
w:To Scar-bor-ough Fair are you go-ing? Pars-e-ley, sage, rose-
[M:9/8] edc d3-d2 d |[M:6/8] ded cBc | dGG EF G |
w:ma-ry and thyme,* Oh give* my love to a girl who lives there,* For
A2 A GGF | [M:9/8] DGF G3-G z G |:[M:6/8] GGG cBA |
w: once she was a true lov-er of mine.* Oh, tell her to make me a
w:***********Tell her to wash it in
B2 A G3 | ABc d2 d | [M:9/8] edc d3-d2 d | [M:6/8] ded cBc |
w:cam-bric shirt, Pars-e-ley, sage, rose-ma-ry and thyme,* With-out an-y need-le or
w:yon-der well Pars-e-ley, sage, rose-ma-ry and thyme,* Where nev-er spring wat-er nor
d d G EF G | A2 A GGF | [M:9/8] DGF HG4 :|
w:thread work-ed in it, And she shall be a true lov-er of mine.
w: rain ev-er fell.* And she shall be a true lov-er of mine.
W:
W:To Scarborough Fair are you going?
W:  Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
W:Oh give my love to a girl who lives there,
W:  For once she was a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Oh, tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
W:  Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
W:Without any needle or thread worked in it,
W:  And she shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Tell her to wash it in yonder well
W:Where never spring water nor rain ever fell.
W:
W:Tell her to hang it on yonder thorn
W:Which never bore blossom since Adam was born.
W:
W:And when she has answered these questions three,
W:If he can answer as many for me,
W:  Then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Tell him to find me an acre of land
W:Betwixt the salt water all on the sea sand.
W:
W:And tell him to plough it with a ram's horn
W:And all over sow it with one pepper corn.
W:
W:And tell him to CUt it with a sickle of leather,
W:And bind it all up in a peacock's feather.
W:
W:And when he has done and finished his work,
W:He can come unto me for his cambric shirt.

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