Scarborough Fair
Longing Amidst Herbs: Yearning for Lost Love at Scarborough Fair
Lyrics
Are you going to Scarborough fair?
Invitation to visit Scarborough Fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
List of herbs - parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
Request to convey greetings to someone in Scarborough
He once was a true love of mine
Reference to a past true love
Tell him to make me a cambric shirt
Instructing to make a fine linen shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repetition of herb list
Without no seam nor needlework
Desire for a seamless shirt without needlework
Then he'll be a true love of mine
Anticipation that this action will rekindle love
Tell him to find me an acre of land
Request to acquire an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repetition of herb list
Between the salt water and the sea strand
Specification of the location of the land
Then he'll be a true love of mine
Belief that obtaining land will revive love
Are you going to Scarborough fair?
Repetition of the initial invitation
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repetition of herb list
Remember me to one who lives there
Reiteration of greetings to someone in Scarborough
He once was a true love of mine
Recollection of the past true love
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