Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Simon & Garfunkel 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)
(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
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Written by: Arthur Garfunkel, Paul Simon
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Paul Simon learned the song in London in 1965 from Martin Carthy'sScarborough Fair, who had picked up the tune from the songbook by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Art Garfunkel then set it in counterpoint with "Canticle", a reworking of Simon's 1963 song "The Side Of A Hill" with new, anti-war lyrics. It was the lead track of the 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, and was released as a single after being featured on the soundtrack to The Graduate in 1968. Read Full BioPaul Simon learned the song in London in 1965 from Martin Carthy'sScarborough Fair, who had picked up the tune from the songbook by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Art Garfunkel then set it in counterpoint with "Canticle", a reworking of Simon's 1963 song "The Side Of A Hill" with new, anti-war lyrics. It was the lead track of the 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, and was released as a single after being featured on the soundtrack to The Graduate in 1968. The copyright credited only Simon and Garfunkel as the authors, causing ill-feeling on the part of Carthy, who felt the "traditional" source should have been credited. This rift remained until Simon invited Carthy to duet the song with him at a London concert in 2000.
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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
MerkinMuffly
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.
matthew fox
Bro i got this song in 5th Grade and I still listen to it and I'm a man married and still listen to this and I know all the lyrics and I can sing it
Wilbert Evans
I read the whole dragon lance series to this guess I’m not alone
Josh Margison
I have loved the simon n garfunkle for long long time. I am wondering because you supposebly had to sell soul back in ths day if there music has a low vibrational output n keeps people who listen to it in the low vibrational state which makes it hard to get off the planet?
Space Clown
As a kid I liked Mrs. Robinson and The 59th Street Bridge Song, and I didn't like Scarborough Fair. But eventually Scarborough Fair became my favorite song by them. Now I can't understand how I could ever dislike this song.
Seele Schneider
Thomas Covenant...now theres a name I havent heard in a very long time...
Ben W.
This is so haunting. Those harmonies are just unreal.
UsfanlovesMinho
@Michael Chaplin I also love the version with Andy Williams singing with them but I still like it the best with the dynamic duo.
UsfanlovesMinho
I think what gives it that haunting feeling is the sound of Art Garfunkel's voice, as it is so mesmerizing and captivating.
Jingjing Shang
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