• SCARBOROUGH FAIR

    From Carolyn Hoffman@RICKSBBS to ALL on Mon Mar 24 06:44:27 2025
    SCARBOROUGH FAIR
    traditional

    CAN YOU MAKE ME A CAMBRIC SHIRT
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL
    WITHOUT ANY SEAMS OR FINE NEEDLE WORK
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL

    CAN YOU WASH IT IN A WELL
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL
    WHERE WATER NE'ER RAN NOR EVER FELL
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL

    CAN YOU DRY IT ON A THORN
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL
    THAT NEVER WAS SEEN SINCE ADAM WAS BORN
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL

    CAN YOU FIND ME AN ACRE OF LAND
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL
    BETWEEN THE SEA SHORE AND THE SALT STRAND
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL

    CAN YOU PLOW IT WITH A HOG'S HORN
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL
    AND SEED IT ALL DOWN WITH ONE PEPPERCORN
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL

    CAN YOU REAP IT WITH A SICKLE OF LEATHER
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL
    AND BIND IT ALL UP IN A GARLAND OF HEATHER
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL

    WHEN A FOOL HAS DONE HIS WORK
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL
    HE MAY COME TO ME AND GET HIS SHIRT
    ALDAY RAL DE LOCK ES LOCK EL

    --
    a modern version
    (music)

    ARE YOU GOING TO SCARBOROUGH FAIR?
    PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME;
    REMEMBER ME TO ONE WHO LIVES THERE,
    FOR SHE ONCE SHE WAS A TRUE LOVE OF MINE.

    TELL HER TO MAKE ME A CAMBRIC SHIRT,
    PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME;
    WITHOUT ANY SEAM OR FINE NEEDLE WORK,
    AND THEN SHE'LL BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE.

    OH WILL YOU REAP IT WITH A SICKLE OF LEATHER,
    PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME;
    ...

    --
    two verses of another version

    CHOOSE WHEN YOU CAN AN ACRE OF LAND
    AS EVERY PLANT GROWS MERRY IN TIME
    BETWEEN THE SALT WATER AND THE SEA STRAND,
    AND THEN YOU SHALL BE A TRUELOVER OF MINE.

    PLOUGH IT UP WITH AN OLD RAM'S HORN,
    AS EVERY PLANT GROWS MERRY IN TIME
    SOW IT ALL OVER WITH ONE GRAIN OF CORN
    AND THEN YOU SHALL BE A TRUELOVER OF MINE.

    --
    yet another version
    (music)

    WHERE ARE YOU GOIN? TO SCARBOROGH FAIR.
    SAVORY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME.
    REMEMBER ME TO A LASS THAT LIVES THERE,
    FOR ONCE SHE WAS A TRUE LOVE OF MINE.

    AND TELL HER TO MAKE ME A CAMBRIC SHIRT,
    SAVORY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME.
    WITHOUT ANY SEAM OR NEEDLE WORK,
    AND THEN SHE'LL BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE.

    AND TELL HER TO WASH IT IN YONDER WELL,
    SAVORY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME.
    WHERE NO WATER SPRUNG, NOR A DROP OF RAIN FELL,
    AND THEN SHE'LL BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE.

    TELL HER TO DRY IT ON YONDER THORN,
    SAVORY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME.
    WHICH NEVER BORE BLOSSOM SINCE ADAM WAS BORN,
    AND THEN SHE'LL BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE.

    WILL YOU FIND ME AN ACRE OF LAND,
    SAVORY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME.
    BETWEEN THE SEA FOAM AND THE SEA SAND,
    OR NEVER BE A TRUE LOVE OF MINE.
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