Scarborough Fair
Kin to «The Elfin Knight» (Child 2), traced back to 1670, where impossible tasks are set as a riddle; Simon and Garfunkel recorded it in 1966.
[The male]:
Am G Am
Are you going? To Scarborough Fair?
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
Remember me to a lass that lives there,
Am G Am
For she was once a true love of mine.
Am G Am
And tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
Without any seam or needlework,
Am G Am
And then she shall be a true love of mine.
Am G Am
And tell her to wash it in yonder dry well,
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
Where no water sprung nor a drop of rain fell,
Am G Am
And then she shall be a true love of mine.
Am G Am
And tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
Which never bore blossom since Adam was born,
Am G Am
And then she shall be a true love of mine.
[The female]:
Am G Am
O, will you find me an acre of land,
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
Between the sea foam and the sea sand,
Am G Am
Or never you'll be a true love of mine.
Am G Am
O, will you plough it with a ram's horn,
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
And sow it all over with one peppercorn,
Am G Am
Or else you'll be a true love of mine.
Am G Am
Or will you reap it with a sickle of leather,
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
And tie it all up with a peacock's feather,
Am G Am
Or never you'll be a true love of mine.
Am G Am
And when you have done and have finished your work,
C Am C D Am
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Am C C G/B Am G
You can come to me for your cambric shirt,
Am G Am
And then you shall be a true love of mine.