Scarborough Fair

X:563
T:Scarborough Fair
C:anon.
O:England
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/england/scarborough-fair-01.abc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:E
B|"E"eee "B7"fff|"E"gab "B7"f3|
w:"Oh, where are you go-ing?" "To Scar-bo-rough Fair",
"C#m"g2g "F#m"(ag)f|"A"eec "B7"B2B|"E"e2e "B7"f2f|
w:Pars-ley, sage,_ rose-ma-ry and thyme, "Re-mem-ber me to
"E"gab "B7"f2f|"C#m"g2g "F#m"(ag)f|"B7"Bee "E"e2|]
w:one who lives there, For once she was_ a true love of mine.
W:
W:"Oh, where are you going?" "To Scarborough Fair",
W:  Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
W:"Remember me to one who lives there,
W:  For once she was a true love of mine.
W:
W:"Tell her to make ne a cambric shirt,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"Without any seem or needlework,
W:  For once she was...
W:
W:"Tell her to wash it in yonder well,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"Where never spring water nor rain ever fell,
W:  For once she was...
W:
W:"Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"Which never bore flower since Adam was born,
W:  For once she was...
W:
W:"Now he has asked me questions three,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"I hope he will answer as many for me,
W:  For once he was a true love of mine."
W:
W:"Tell him to find me an acre of land,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"Betwixt the salt water and the sea sand,
W:  For once he was...
W:
W:"Tell him to plough it with a ram's horn,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"And sow it all over with one pepper corn,
W:  For once he was...
W:
W:"Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"And bing it up with a peacock's feather,
W:  For once he was...
W:
W:"When he has done and finished his work,"
W:  Parsley, sage...
W:"O tell him to come and he'll have his shirt,
W:  For once he was...
W:
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