Scarborough Fair%01Canticle by Simon %26 Garfunkel

@carmonaangel84

27w↑5

Sorry for your loss, just know you're stronger than a lot of people. There's always someone going through something worse, remember that

@GYoung-qw5uk

27w↑5

My son is at the age of 20. I am not sure if I will suggest him to watch the movie. It seems there is too much adult content in the movie. I am not against his watching it. Yes, the music is fantastic.

@collinsje5

2y↑341

Simon and Garfunkel were HUGE in the late 1960s when I was a college student. That their music has endured for 55 years is a testament to the beauty that they created.

@johncostello3174

1y↑3

They can't stand the sight of each other . 😄

@TonyEnglandUK

29w↑6

@@johncostello3174 lol fair point well made. And neither of them wrote this song anyway. 😄

@upturnedblousecollar5811

28w↑5

Is there ever going to come a time when people realise Paul Simon did not write Scarborough Fair? The song is centuries old.

@jeremyd.2156

22w

It's the pot that lived on

@Dagger-5921

18w

damn, u still alive

@suzannephillips6236

30w↑165

So beautiful. Since my son passed away in 2021, almost everyday songs from my past float into my mind songs from when my boy was alive. He was my first best friend, I miss him so so much. Sean Lee Phillips Aug 26, 1972-August 2, 2021. Rest in peace my son with the Holy Angels and Jesus Our King Forever. I Love You Forever.

@alexdumortier

26w

May you find comfort in the memories of time spent with him. Perhaps you will enjoy this cover of 'Scarborough Fair/ Canticle', which is the best I've found on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G9iVG4kg0sg .

@maryheadley4853

26w↑4

I am so sorry you lost your son, Suzanne. The shock of losing your son must be passing and the pleasant memories are coming back to greet you. I encouranage you to listen to more S&G.

@suzannephillips6236

26w

Thank you Mary for your kind response, it helps:)@@maryheadley4853

@JeriGillam

23w↑5

Oh my God, I am so sorry. I cannot imagine your pain. :(

@Carla-of1lg

23w↑3

My daughter was my best friend too.. .

@brianpage100

8y↑3.4K

This is so haunting. Those harmonies are just unreal.

@dmi210

8y↑55

I agree. "Haunting" is the right word to describe the melody. But I don't understand referencing parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Are they going to smoke it or roast a chicken?

@RSR012

8y↑60

Because it's not simply harmony. There is counterpoint—usually found in classical music, they somehow managed to incorporate not only melodic but also poetic counterpoint.

@andrewcabrera505

7y↑5

RSR012 can you explain a counterpoint in more detail it sounds interesting

@Gnomebe

7y↑34

"poly" harmonies all harmonizing. Very intricate harpsichord...many delicate harmonies harmonizing all at the same time.

@anthonydeville5976

7y↑11

Absolutely agree. When Art Garfunkel starts wailing away so melancholy on the chorus I want to the swan that is here and gone.....

@ecinark4813

5y↑410

Recorded in 1966 - over 50 years ago and it's still amazing today.

@glue3999

3y↑1

55 wow

@jonathanbirch2022

1y↑15

And written over 300 years ago

@AadityaBhowmick

1y↑9

dude the song was written in 1253 CE. its been about 769 years since it was written.

@donnaatienza8001

1y↑3

It sure is it's breathtaking

@Ionabrodie69

49w↑2

@@AadityaBhowmickNo it was written in the 1400s. 😊🇬🇧

@victorrock1997

7w↑21

Still listening to this very beautiful bittersweet classic as of early 2024. And will certainly continue listening to it well beyond! All the best to anyone reading this!

@pamelad5677

6w

💖

@thematicnostalgia4106

4w

Thanks for checking in!

@markr.devereux3385

33w↑118

Oh my the harmonies are like a shower of diamonds floating back to medieval britian. Gorgeous.

@WKADESIGNS

8y↑922

One of those songs where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard it. It's almost traumatic to experience something so beautiful for the first time.

@dana_s-tl5lc

6y↑11

WKA DESIGNS that is sooo true, I actually listened it 1y ago and I remeber where, when, and all lmao

@honeymellon11

6y↑11

I was painting a house haha. I didn't even realize that I remembered exactly when I first heard it until I read this

@geraldcozier3132

5y↑7

This is by far one of the true classics. Art Garfunkel also stands out as a master of his art.

@cezarypiatek2564

5y↑9

Laying in bed late at night with a true love of mine.
Many years ago, she's long gone from my life now.
She was like this song to me, getting straight to the depths of my soul, catching me entirely off-guard.

@rycolsonhold648

5y↑4

I was in music class learning music theory and the history of music.

@mariahburr29

5y↑611

I grew up with my parents singing this song and playing their acoustic guitars. My dad with the main part, my mom coming in with "canticle". It was an absolutely beautiful thing to experience, and listening to this now takes me right back to that time. Thank you for the memory, S & G. <3

@tobiasmurken8648

1y↑1

or 7 O clock silent night

@svetlanashevtsova2711

51w↑1

I wish I were you. True too

@IRonMan-kw2jp

47w↑5

Awesome memories. You are blessed

@mickeymisa9350

41w↑1

Bless you and your lovely parents. You were not lucky you were gifted. xxxxxxxxxx

@SUGAR_XYLER

31w

@@mickeymisa9350
Nobody in my family has any musical talent or taste. Anyway I'm trying to learn how to play the piano 🎹

@GildaTabarez

3y↑2K

The tune and lyrics date back to the Middle Ages. The herbs were mentioned for their spiritual meaning in medieval lore. Parsley was thought to remove bitter emotions. Sage was a symbol of wisdom and healing. Rosemary evoked remembrance, and was used to bless weddings with love and fidelity. Thyme was a symbol of courage and chivalry.

@afterlate8866

2y↑79

Thank you; very interesting. I always thought this sounded Medieval. It is so nostalgic.

@RivetHead999

1y↑124

The song is from the perspective of a man who has died (or is dying) knowing he’ll never return home, he says to tell his love to complete impossible tasks for him to return, and in the end mentions Heather (a flower where none bloom white near corpses nor graves) parsley sage rosemary and thyme are herbs all associated with the deceased and sometimes burned for blessings. More so in old traditions burned for passing from life into death, and we’re also used during the plague to protect from the disease.

The song is quite dark and sad when you understand the context.

@seeadler3233

1y

If you believe that --- then you`re smoking too many herbs .

@BangkokVoiceCoach

1y↑12

lovely

@KM-yn9fk

1y↑9

❤

@mrees1421

29w↑47

I sang this to my small son, who died at 2. It calmed him

@mickjagger8439

29w↑6

I am SO sorry. Life can be so cruel.

@missmiss6516

11w↑7

May your sweet boy rest in perfect peace

@benkao8253

11w

Om Mani Padme Hum ❤️‍🩹🌈🌺

@CourtneyShumpert

6w↑1

So sorry for your loss. Prayers 🙏❤️🙏

@annrodriguez2891

4w

❤ so sorry for your loss...

@markputzke6806

10y↑334

before youtube...before MTV....before headphones were portable..my cassette player lulled me to sleep on many a air condition- free, humid , open window night... as the old oaks swayed to melody of my youth...

@christianlavergne342

5y↑12

Mark Putzke beautifully said. Simpler times

@daBEAGLE1017

5y↑12

And yet we had it great. I miss those days

@robertraymond3681

5y↑23

This comment made me feel deeply sad, and nostalgic somehow for an era I've never known

@thegamingkid8224

3y↑4

holy shit dude.

@markwardel6751

3y↑2

You sir, are a poet.

@calvin777100

8y↑491

This is a song that makes you stop doing whatever you're doing and just sit still and listen, letting yourself be completely drawn into the music and singing. That last stanza always stuns me, when they ask for the last time: "Are you going to Scarborough Fair".

@andrewcabrera505

7y↑16

calvin777100 So true I can't do anything else while listening

@malovela

4y↑4

I was just thinking the same thing. I very rarely do nothing else while listening to music, but I just found myself lying still with my hands folded on my chest and my eyes closed the whole way through.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@kateorourke2271

2y↑3

I agree. Even all these years since they sang this song it still runs through my head. It's now 2022.

@TheMonkey747

1y↑1

I listened to this as I carved a relatively simple flower in relief.

@samueldamuel1689

2y↑29

‘And fight for a cause they’ve long ago forgotten’
A line so true in many ways

@shelbybenson7872

15w↑35

My choir teacher is having me do a solo for choir this year and this is the song he is having me sing. I absolutely love it!!

@sofiaoltremare6232

10w

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤗🤗🤗🙆🏻‍♀️🍀🌷🍀🌷🙋🏻‍♀️🎶🎵

@thematicnostalgia4106

4w

TY Shelby

@TheSassqueen10

9y↑376

I love how they're harmony goes out of sync but is still harmonic. I love it when people do that. It eventually just goes back into sync.

@tonyatkinson566

9y↑8

+Haley Palmquist
That's the beauty of harmony, Haley, and you're absolutely right!

@cody7445

5y↑36

@Clara J Not canon in this case, just counterpoint. Canon is when both parts are the same and start at different times, therefore overlapping.

@sabinewei3041

4y

😍❤❤

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑2

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@ammaleslie509

2y↑1

when you say their "harmony goes out of sync" are you referring to syncopation?
syncopated time was an S&G trademark. they even mention the technique by name in "The Dangling Conversation":
like a poem poorly written / we are verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme / in syncopated time
https://youtu.be/dQHbQ0XgCRM

@asf-xj6xz

4y↑490

This makes me want to put on a flower crown and renaissance dress and let my curls down, and just spin

@Edward-lf7ms

4y↑24

If you do.....put it on youtube.......ok?

@gustavopaes2879

4y↑7

Midsommar

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑5

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@Ri57490

2y↑4

@@Edward-lf7ms you want to watch someone spinning? Weird

@Edward-lf7ms

2y↑4

@@Ri57490 I want watch HER spin....yep.

@bernardputersznit64

2y↑208

Lyrics
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needle work
(Bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
Tell her to find me an acre of land
(A sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strands
(And polishes a gun)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
(Blazing in scarlet battalions)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
(A cause they've long ago forgotten)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

@tkenglander6226

2y↑7

Thanks so much for posting these!!

@rheahayes3149

1y↑4

THANK YOU FOR THE LYRICS 🎵🎶❤️🇨🇦

@anthony1087

1y↑5

I never saw or really knew the lyrics of this beautiful song until now so thank you for sharing 💜

@bachouvenn3563

1y↑6

This uses counterpoint and fugue-like structure so it’s really hard to write the lyrics, but you nailed it, thank you

@annwachira6565

1y↑2

Wow, its all about sweet herbs

@tomhamilton5261

16w↑28

Perfect arrangement, playing, vocals and production. Its beauty has never been lost over the years.

@georginepierson8817

4y↑453

One of the most beautiful recordings ever made.
THIS is music.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@jackmiller7324

2y↑5

true

@lammieshipper

2y↑6

THIS IS MUSIC!!!!

@cynthiamauck5918

1y↑3

I fully agree!

@timothymcglynn1935

33w↑1

🎉😮🎉😮🎉

@arielburdett9871

9y↑274

It's a very (very) old song from England. You should look up the history of the song it really is fascinating.

@backinashT64

9y↑23

I just saw "the graduate" (D.Hofmann ) where the song is played, so i've read on Wiki that it was an old love and romantic english song of the middle age, very nice !
from France

@backinashT64

9y↑5

+Artificial Intelligence
I am not as sure as you seem to be.
" many suggestions concerning the plot have been proposed, including the hypothesis that it is about the Great Plague of the late Middle Ages."(wiki)

@monroe91059

8y↑1

+Ariel Burdett I remember when I used to say the same thing. One generation too the next. You will hear it soon enough.

@stuartthorne4171

8y↑4

+Artificial Intelligence I dont know mate, it's about the plague times and I think it dated before Henry the eighths time.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑5

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@cismercier8009

3y↑47

Part of their art in this version is that the voices of the singers are totally intertwined. In the beginning only Garfunkel sings (double-tracked), then Simon joins in (probably also double-tracked) with the lower harmony. Then, for the war song (the 'Canticle') starting at the second stanza, they take turns, Simon singing the lower sections, Garfunkel the higher ones. We hear approx. three Paul Simons and three Art Garfunkels singing in this song. But as their performances are so accurate and their voices blend so beautifully, this is barely noticeable.

@savedbyzero3554

3y↑6

The Engineering is described in one word........................,
(MASTERPIECE)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@emperor5321

9w↑7

We are generation of love, death and it's never ending. Peace people. Life is to short for all of us.

@MerkinMuffly

7y↑2K

When I was an introverted kid in 7th grade I listened to Simon & Garfunkel non-stop. This song intrigued me the most. I remember reading Lord of the Rings and
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series for the first time while listening to S&G. They are forever entwined in my mind.

@susanrjecker9208

6y↑37

MerkinMuffly me too! I was reading The Lord of The Rings and becoming involved in the anti war movement.

@bellbookcandle3051

6y↑12

Susan R Jecker Me too! All the same stuff for me! Except for the part abt the movement... I was still a little too young to be anything but a wannabee activist. 🌼✌🇺🇸

@finnleason6916

6y↑7

MerkinMuffly and Susan R Jecker, I read LotR and The Unbeliever series around that age as well, and was active in the peace-making scene. Still am.

@oliver_reddy

5y↑7

I hope life is well for you bro. You have a friend in me

@PhillipDBole

5y↑8

I remember being their with you

@slide4180

8y↑1.6K

One of the most beautiful recordings ever made.

@RickMartinYouTube

8y↑16

can't argue that

@frankalexander512

6y↑5

Agree!

@derrickpowell5531

6y↑3

slide4180 I agree 1000%

@derrickpowell5531

6y↑6

There shounldnt be any dislikes to the great classic tune.

@waynestumbo6430

6y↑5

the best

@hopper__

28w↑34

[Verse 1]
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

[Verse 2]
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
On the side of a hill, in the deep forest green
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground
Without no seams nor needle work
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call

[Verse 3]
Tell her to find me an acre of land
On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Washes the grave with silvery tears
Between the salt water and the sea strands
A soldier cleans and polishes a gun
Then she'll be a true love of mine

[Verse 4]
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Generals order their soldiers to kill
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten
Then she'll be a true love of mine

[Verse 5]
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

@Davett53

29w↑10

Recorded in 1966, when I was only 13. I'm 70 now. It always reminded of me of my college years in the early 1970s. I had fond memories of first girlfriends, who had slipped away from me, as time moved on. Short, sweet love affairs, that faded into the the mist.

@jstnshea

8y↑440

I imagine hearing this at a Renaissance Fair.

@TheMrTyrant

8y↑51

And the parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme were herbs they buried the plague victims with in belief that it would ward off the plague.

@ScadgeMeat

8y↑7

Do also imagine suckin' all the meat off a mutton joint at that same fair?

@IgnatzKolisch

7y↑16

This song seems to originate in or around 1670 or so. Not quite Renaissance, but not too far off! The words changed a lot though:

The elphin knight sits on yon hill,
Blaw, blaw, blaw, wind blaw.
He blaws his horn both lewd and shril.
The wind hath blown my plaid awa.

@siyuanguo4505

7y

Justin Shea g

@itskittylepew

6y↑1

Justin Shea Exactly! I felt like I am in a flower market during renaissance, living like a princess or a commoner.

@em_birch

7y↑397

THIS is music.

@derrickpowell5531

7y↑1

Absolutely!

@yaldings

7y↑3

Yes that's true. :-p Hat früher auch kein Elektrogedöns gegeben^^

@robertnesfield6321

6y↑4

Emily, this is music. We need more of it, especially now.

@lloyduke823

6y↑1

Definitely

@aguspuriawan3736

6y↑2

Wow... Ok

@Iofflight78

1y↑68

They wrote so many great songs but this one is timeless and magical.

@jamesrobert4106

51w↑4

The only wrongdoing was Simon not crediting Martin Carthy for many decades.

@georget13

43w↑12

Their rendering is magical, but they didn’t compose it. It’s a traditional English ballad.
I love it

@TonyEnglandUK

29w↑6

Scarborough Fair was written in England hundreds of years before Simon and Garfunkel were born.

@denisebond1319

27w↑5

They didnt .its a traditional ENGLISH. Cantical over 800 years old ! Simon and garfuncle just introdused it to a wider world out side britain

@drrockkso8882

23w↑6

@jamesrobert4106 Carthy didn't write this song. No one did, really. It's a traditional English folk ballad that's existed in various forms since the middle ages. It doesn't have a single author, and whoever developed the early versions of it are lost to time.

@gerritweterkamp1488

2y↑18

I was 18 back in Holland,i bought this on single and played time after time,now i,m 71 and still enyoying it,the most positiv is that my children even love this!

@JosephArceLogodesign

9y↑270

The Graduate...and the scenes of Benjamin driving his red alfa romeo spider.... crossing the Oakland Bay Bridge heading to Berkeley to find Elaine... Great Movie, Great Soundtrack....

@HhappyBirthday

9y↑3

Joseph Arce
From memory; he was driving, not the most direct route, Joseph.

@Dave-wt8xg

4y↑7

Once you see that film you never forget the film or the music timeless and brilliant.Nothing like it has or ever will be made again.

@ToastingInEpicBread

4y

one of the coolest helicopter shots

@johnlanelli3968

4y

Love that montage in the movie.

@jodywilke4642

4y↑1

That was a stupid movie.😒

@malovela

4y↑469

HOW, HOW, HOW can anyone dislike this masterpiece of transporting beauty? Layering the two songs is a stroke of musical genius which awes me every time I listen.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑3

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@brianfugate2822

51w↑7

Anybody don't like this song must be musically confused

@drummerboi74136

49w↑1

HOW OLD ARE YOU? 90.

@nickburton7897

44w↑4

@@drummerboi74136 She's right. how can anyone dislike a musical master piece?

@shedninjareal

41w↑1

@@drummerboi74136 older then you i would say 20's

@karenjoslyn4051

1y↑23

A haunting rendition of a beautiful ancient folk ballad

@rubycobbin2645

32w↑6

Makes me want to cry,about what i wasted in youth never to regained.

@Ondrus21

9y↑64

I have sage, rosemary and thyme, but I still need to get some parsley.

@user-rc1fc2oq2c

4y↑2

Parsley is the best

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@laurahall3094

4w

Fresh is best. It's really good for you.

@paulaquino2759

7y↑1.9K

"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English ballad about the Yorkshire town of Scarborough.

The song relates the tale of a young man who instructs the listener to tell his former love to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back. Often the song is sung as a duet, with the woman then giving her lover a series of equally impossible tasks, promising to give him his seamless shirt once he has finished

As the versions of the ballad known under the title "Scarborough Fair" are usually limited to the exchange of these impossible tasks, many suggestions concerning the plot have been proposed, including the hypothesis that it is about the Great Plague of the late Middle Ages.

Paul Simon learned the song in London in 1965 from Martin Carthy, who had picked up the tune from the songbook by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger and included it on his eponymous 1965 album. Simon & Garfunkel set it in counterpoint with "Canticle"—a reworking of the lyrics from Simon's 1963 anti-war song, "The Side of a Hill", set to a new melody composed mainly by Art Garfunkel.

@Alejandro_87

6y↑34

Paul Aquino beautiful copy and paste job

@bellbookcandle3051

6y↑68

Paul Aquino Don't listen to that Overkill guy... he's just mad he never learned how to copy & paste.

@jamesvinson3998

5y↑10

@@bellbookcandle3051 Damn the general must have ordered you to shoot to kill like the soldiers being referenced in the song.

@nevittwoods1730

5y↑18

meet me at Grimsby fish market

@AndreasAltermann

5y↑1

I qoute you on facebook, but - do youself have a source ?

@davidmeir9348

45w↑8

How can so much grace and beauty fit into 3 minutes?
It's simply unreal.

@lulabecker

1y↑9

this song reminds of my deceased father. He loved it. Miss him

@evelynvaughn

10y↑91

They truly set the bar for future artists.

@darryldanzinger9996

4y↑145

Pure MAGIC! The ethereal melodic sublime sounds of this song transports me into an other-worldly dreamy state of consciousness that no other song ever has.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@nealluczkiewicz6846

2y↑23

Whenever I hear this song,
I thank my Creator that I have ears to hear pure beauty of song, musicianship, harmony,
Imagination, tenderness and strength of impeccable flowing movement towards something Divine.
An impossible but real achievement on the earth.

@christinatrahin2103

1y↑2

Love this.. God have people the gift to understand him through music

@anastasiaausten8179

32w

Beautiful sentiment

@nealluczkiewicz6846

32w

@@christinatrahin2103 Thank you - we are all connected, especially with
beauty.

@nealluczkiewicz6846

32w

@@anastasiaausten8179 Thank you. I so appreciate
your kindness in sharing your beautiful sentiment.
This world can be a lonely place, especially when so many miss the wonder and beauty of it.
Your comment is a brilliant spark of light for me!

@Maya-hu2kn

2y↑34

Closed my eyes, and chose a song to learn on guitar. I’ve never heard this song so I just made it fun by playing it randomly with the chords and lyrics I was given. I had no clue this song was so mystical and magical. I feel as though I am a fairy in a magical forest. Wow.

@llywelyngruffydd8474

2y↑1

Requires a capo

@jamesrobert4106

2y

@@llywelyngruffydd8474 On the 7th, like Here comes the sun. 👍

@sanyonpark

10y↑46

Song of soul, which hepled me to overcome poverty and injury of ny childhood. Thanks lot S&G

@free322001

9y↑6

Music is great medicine.

@AJTwo

9y↑3

So many of us had a song or songs we listened to to get us through the hard points.

@tomsadzewicz1776

9y↑1

I agree! I feel much better when I listen to music. music is awesome.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑2

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@beckygrant3191

10y↑25

So beautiful...makes me cry. Glad I lived during the musical and cultural renaissance.

@jackmiller7324

2y

no u dont

@donnaatienza8001

1y

Me too and I've cried many times when listening to this beautiful song.

@cherry-b00mb

3y↑11

Mum used to sing me to sleep with this song, this song has a special place in my heart

@user-wv6lz2bz6f

47w↑68

My daughter's high school Chorus class won a Superior Music Award 04/2023 for performing this beautiful song at a Music Festival in South Carolina. It's an absolute Masterpiece, and to hear children performing this song with such dedication and passion in 2023 is just unbelievable. Gives you hope in a generation of music, that isn't worthy of even calling music.

@sarahm.4926

41w↑4

Oh I bet a chorus version of this sounds like angels in a glass jar ❤❤❤

@lauraland169

39w↑3

Wish I could hear their version of this great song!

@paulaskeete1243

14w

It's an old English folk song and is over 800 years old.

@simonontong7539

32w↑27

Truly one of the most beautiful haunting songs ever it takes you back in time

@markkennedy4854

7w↑3

There are only 3 other performers who could harmonize as great as Simon & Garfunkel. They are Crosby, Stills, & Nash.

@denvermiller2116

3y↑27

Let’s just admire that these kinds are some of the only YouTube music channel without blocked comments
(Edited plurals coz some more classic bands ive seen have comments)

@williamtkwest2681

1y↑31

i just heard an instrumental cover that brought goosebumps, so I had to come back and enjoy the original and get some more goosebumps... What a masterpiece of a song.

@edmundpower1250

42w

It's about thyme... what kept you?

@DavidSBerry

4y↑115

One of the most beautiful recordings ever made.
THIS is music.
Hauntingly beautiful...
One of the most beautiful recordings ever made.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@AntajuanGrady

4y↑209

Love these soft kind of songs. Almost feel like your in a field of flowers with cool breezes flowing through cooling off the early summer heat.

@poom641

2y↑8

Me too. Always seems time to forget about all negative things when this plays

@RivetHead999

1y↑11

It’s actually a sad song about death and never returning home.

The song is from the perspective of a man who has died (or is dying) knowing he’ll never return home, he says to tell his love to complete impossible tasks for him to return, and in the end mentions Heather (a flower where none bloom white near corpses nor graves) parsley sage rosemary and thyme are herbs all associated with the deceased and sometimes burned for blessings. More so in old traditions burned for passing from life into death, and we’re also used during the plague to protect from the disease.

The song is quite dark and sad when you understand the context.

@soumyadeepgupta3861

46w↑3

You will also enjoy Mushoku Tensei OSTs. They are all in Japanesse and sound so beautifful. Another one of my favorite soft song is "Tabi no Tochuu" Spice and wolf OP. Mystery of Love is also good.

@rcjteng

3y↑10

There is a spiritual glow around this song

@trumanhw

6w↑2

Between impeccable harmonizing, the harpsichord & layers
... it's hard to imagine this could've been more perfect.

@Lengo67

9y↑31

This album (Parsely, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme) was released in 1966. I sold Platinum in both the U.S. and Canada.

@jakiebourg3229

8y

+Lengo67 Impressive!

@MrJohanGuzman

8y↑19

+Lengo67 Sir, I respectfully wonder what possible relation can be had between the album's release and you selling platinum in North America.

@Orgastics

5y↑5

@@MrJohanGuzman I think he forgot a "T" I think he men to say, "It" instead of "I". 👌🙏🤣

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@CelestialDraconis

3y

@@Orgastics I find it ironic that you're correcting Lengo67's spelling mistake of missing a letter, while also forgetting the 'a' and 't' in meant. I think you meant to say 'meant' instead of 'men'. xD

@rmf141

8y↑164

The harpsichord and the bells add to the ancient feel of Scarborough Fair. The Canticle sort of slips and slides around the main melody. Have any two men's voices ever blended together so well?

@netzahuacoyotl

7y↑5

rmf141 Everly Brothers

@beavis4play

5y↑6

yea - crosby stills and nash . it's 3 guys but the point stands.

@jadentrestrail5398

4y↑4

Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley. Unreal vocal harmonies.

@argeraint

4y↑3

Paul McCartney and John Lennon

@SEAhawkstwelfthman

4y↑1

@@jadentrestrail5398 I was about to post that myself. Glad I didn't need to. Perfect harmonies.

@MrRadoChristian

3y↑14

I remember my childhood. Every night, before we go to bed, my parents listened to Garfunkel and Simon with our old cassette player which still works today. What beautiful memories.

@johncostello3174

1y↑13

I am listening to this IN Scarborough

@thematicnostalgia4106

4w

WOW!!

@TonyEnglandUK

4w↑2

No, you're listening to it in a DIFFERENT Scarborough.

@johncostello3174

4w

@@TonyEnglandUK No I'm not. I'm in Scarborough, Yorkshire. it's an old English song about an old English town

@TonyEnglandUK

4w↑2

@@johncostello3174 With the American flag in your profile pic.

@johncostello3174

3w↑1

Yep. means nothing@@TonyEnglandUK

@giantboylet6

10y↑42

One of the greatest musicians of all time!

@malovela

4y↑6

Two! :)

@alanlopufe

4y↑5

I am a 56 years old brazilian, and I've been listening ang loving Simon
and Garfunkel songs for the last 35 years. I still cry after some songs.
They brings me my deeper emotions. Looks like I was in NY with them while
them composed. I 've never been in US and never been with them but they
will be with me till the end. Thanks Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

@somosunmicrouniversodentro1401

34w↑6

They are still a couple of alchemists. I can't believe the magic it works after so many years... like being in a mystical celtic forest

@naturalianoss

29w↑1

Celtic Frost

@somosunmicrouniversodentro1401

29w

@@naturalianossINDEED!!!

@user-tk8qn3lp5x

9w↑5

小さい頃に聴いていた時はただ単に市場の歌だと思っていました。
この世から戦争がなくなる事を願います。

@goldilox369

8w

I did too when I was young.

@joannepagano6195

7y↑34

the bittersweet memories of days past

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@ginnychudgar9088

4y↑7

Simple -- two voices and a guitar, with no big production. Quiet and lovely accompaniment. Flawless.

@ammaleslie509

2y↑2

and a harpsichord--don't forget the harpsichord!
and the BELLS

@jeffpierce4626

2y↑4

Born in January of '68. I was truly blessed to be born in a time of great artists who produced the most wonderful music ever heard. I listen to everything from folk jazz, blues, country, rock,heavy metal, & punk. Music feeds my soul.

@raulortega9434

28w↑6

The harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel are excellent. This song really demonstrates their vocal skills.

@david24821

10y↑29

this song brings me soooo far back. Funny how memories work. We long for the good ones and try to accept the bad ones.But no matter what, a song can reduce you to a five or ten yr old in an instant. The outcome depends on how you have grown.

@cutblisterandburn

10y↑2

Totally Agree!

@evarosas8858

10y↑4

I love the way you word it. It is so true.

@tangkul2

7y↑7

Honor them by buying their albums, i did it. Thanks folks, you guys are amazing!!!

@user-dp3gf8wf7m

4w↑1

They don't make music this way anymore. That needs to change. How beautiful is this pure and unadulterated sound? Pre dating auto tune... real deal blending harmonizing and dynamics

@gwynenglishnielsen8596

3y↑12

These two were so esteemed musically in the 70s (and now), that I remember singing a medley including this tune in choir when I was in high school. My dear, departed dad loved this song.

@LElayneSousaFHorn

8y↑37

I LOVE how they do the harmonies in this piece.

@sactiger2817

6y↑33

Hauntingly beautiful...

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@gentsw13

2y↑4

This is a very olde Traditional song from the North East Of England some 250 miles North of London. Along with other classmates, I used to sing this out loud during my school days. That was many years ago and long before the song became an International hit! S & G should have credited that fact!

@abdulazizsangkula1538

27w↑5

Started listening to this masterpiece 3 years ago

@Beautifulcoil

4y↑74

I'm feeling hesitant to write this, but here goes. I took LSD last year and listened to this song for the first time. Somehow I found it during that moment. I'm feeling goosebumps just thinking about it. I looked at trees and the landscape in front of me and the world danced to these tunes... bending as waves in a slow, mesmerizing movement. It was hypnotic. Dream-like. Beautiful.

@uradragon7823

4y↑5

I'm glad you had a good trip. transcendence

@jodywilke4642

4y

Whoopee. Another comment by a druggie.😒

@louisgreubel742

4y↑3

@@jodywilke4642 Oh, get over it. How closed-minded do you have to be to refer to someone as a "druggie" lol.

Do you like any kind of music at all? Because if you do, it was likely performed, produced or at least indirectly inspired by "druggies."

@jodywilke4642

4y

@@louisgreubel742 Yes, I like all kinds of music--big band, rock, classical, country, gospel, etc. And I sincerely doubt, if every single one of those songs, was written about or perhaps performed by someone who was doing drugs. And frankly, I really don't CARE, if you're offended by my use of the term 'druggie'. Now please--go annoy someone else.😒

@williambarcus8861

4y↑1

Cool Story man .. Ive watched "The Graduate " on acid ..

@christinedeegan9391

8y↑10

The most Beautiful music i have ever heard. i will be 50 soon. omg my friends showed me. port richmond rocks!!!

@haboniacop5074

41w↑21

Hey Drawfree audience ♥

@Gorf1929

20w

I completely forgot Drawfee talked about this!

@Alain-Delon

2y↑3

Respect from France.

@RETROTV1394

6y↑27

One of the greatest songs of all time. A perfect song from start to finish. And when you put the talent of Simon & Garfunkel behind it.. You have a iconic song. A song I often hit replay over and over. I believe I listened to this song 1 hour without stopping. Its that good.

@4costindan

1y↑12

Their songs touch something in my soul ... close and far away in same time

@denisebond1319

27w↑1

Yeah ..becouse its a 800 year old ENGLISH cantical they didnt write it simon and garfuncale just introdused it to a much wider audence out side britain

@jomedelcorsiga190

45w↑7

I Love Simon & Garfunkel😍😍❤️❤️

@TheresaNormandin

3y↑9

Sometimes, when I am listening to this, I recall my loved ones who have passed and it makes me cry, but the music is so beautiful, it is not a bad thing.

@maecarpenter6735

39w

Do not cry, or cry if you like, but remember all that made them close to you. Remember them as they lived, as they breathed, as they loved and laughed. Make them alive again from your heart!

@libertyqueen

51w↑3

1966 Just out of hi school, I drove to in my Low Rider Ford Starliner from the San Fernando Valley... Los Angeles... to San Francisco to check out the Hippy Movement... wow, what a life I have had and continue to have. Beautiful music

@argonwheatbelly637

6y↑7

The last time they sing "Thyme"; the harmonies make me burst out crying.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑2

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@jeffdawson2786

4y↑9

The perfect album. They take my breath away. These are the highest standards for a duo, folk, rock, easy listening, adult contemporary, singer/songwriter, whatever you want to call it.

@enntire

2y

simon and garfunkel and hall and oates

@anakinlapierre-tate4127

33w↑7

My elementary school music teacher has us sign this song in choir

@MarcoPolo1299

5y↑13

When I have a child I'm going to sing this song to them all the time.

@brick9180

8y↑46

A song..that always lulls me to a good night sleep. And lets me dream about my loved ones who has passed away. Why is thy harmony so beautiful yet haunting? I wish that our generation had this kind of music. The ones that will hit you with the meaning of the lyrics, not the beat.

@brick9180

8y↑1

***** I'll keep that in mind, hahahaha

@paysontom1

5y

@@e.trimble5142 Agreed ie The Milk Carton Kids for one but they are not mainstream like S&G. Like you said you have to search for them.

@donnaatienza8001

1y

Yes indeed I agree with you completely and it reminds me of some of my loved ones who have passed away. Absolutely beautiful. So compelling so haunting so mystical whimsical etc. I could listen to this over and over again and still not get tired of it. It's one of my very favorite songs of All time.

@sokjago5280

21w↑4

I have a high imagination, every time I hear this song I immediately imagine a medieval era story

@ScottCrozier

40w↑4

My older sister had this album in 1968. I'm transported back to that time and place, every time I hear this beautiful song.

@judithbarry3766

8y↑25

Let's me back to a beautiful time I'm my life. It will never be the same. Never..

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@izzymclean6527

7y↑8

Reminds me of the graduate so much! Simon and Garfunkel... never anyone like them and undoubtedly no one ever like them again. Harmonies are perfection and there is only one person to thank for that. Paul Simon we love you so very much! Thank you for everything, you truly are the most talented man to ever walk on this earth.

@napoleonelempereur7495

7y

Izzy Mclean 👍

@georgerikken

3w

This music is coming from the clouds .. comfort my soul...

@cristinagalaxyfun

16w↑4

This feels nostalgic ❄️ 🎼

@courtneyigbinosa

7y↑15

I sang this song at a competition with my chorus group and received gold. This song is hauntingly beautiful, I love it 💓

@flungingpictures

7y↑106

This a delicate warp & woof of three threads:
- Garfunkel singing Scarborough Fair
- Paul Simon singing the Canticle
- in the background, as it should be, just at audible range, the harpsichord⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Somewhere along the way, this turned into a fav performance piece by beautiful singers on Youtube but they usually just sing the front piece, Scarborough Fair but left the Canticle unsung. It's like clapping with one hand.
Oh some try to have the harpsichord but GEEZ they have it so loud which is not how a harpsichord is supposed to be heard. It should be just barely there, just audible.

@Kirke182

6y↑7

You forgot to mention the bass guitar signifying the insertion points of the antiwar message.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3y↑1

I've just uploaded a video on the history of Scarborough Fair which will answer many common questions and correct some misconceptions! The video includes over 30 traditional recordings of variants of the ballad, and discusses the actual origin of the famous melody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&t=194s

@dawnjohnson3263

3y↑2

Just beautiful . . Thank you

@nicholasvonrhine6311

33w↑2

I liked this one since i was a child .it speaks to me.

@Sesamebee300

3y↑8

To my mind, one of Simon & Garfunkel's most beautiful songs.

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