Scarborough Fair
Journey to Love: Scarborough's Enchanting Quest
Lyrics
Where are you going? To Scarborough fair
Asking the destination: Where are you going? To 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: Remember me to one who lives there
For he would be a true love of mine
Expressing love interest: For he would be a true love of mine
Tell him to find me an acre of land
Request to acquire land: Tell him to find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
List of herbs repeated
Between the salt water and the sea strand
Describing the location: Between the salt water and the sea strand
Or never be a true love of mine
Condition for love: Or never be a true love of mine
Tell him to plough it with a ram's horn
Instruction for cultivation: Tell him to plough it with a ram's horn
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
List of herbs repeated
And to sow it all round with one peppercorn
Further cultivation instruction: And to sow it all round with one peppercorn
Or never be a true love of mine
Condition for love repeated
Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather
Continuation of cultivation: Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
List of herbs repeated
And to thresh it all out with a bunch of heather
Additional instruction: And to thresh it all out with a bunch of heather
Or never be a true love of mine
Condition for love repeated
And when he's done and finished his work
Completion of work: And when he's done and finished his work
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
List of herbs repeated
Tell him to come for his cambric shirt
Final instruction: Tell him to come for his cambric shirt
And he'll be a true love of mine
Completion of true love: And he'll be a true love of mine
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