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 at Scarborough Fair.
For he once was a true love of mine
Reference to a past love who was genuine.
Tell him to make me a cambric shirt
Instructing to make a cambric shirt.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repetition of herb list.
Without any seam nor needlework
Description of the shirt's construction without seams or needlework.
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Upon completion, he will become a true love again.
Tell him to find me an acre of land
Command to acquire an acre of land.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Reiteration of herb list.
Between the salt water and sea strands
Specification of the location, between saltwater and sea strands.
Then he'll be a true love of mine
Upon obtaining the land, he will be a true love again.
Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather
Direction to harvest the land with a leather sickle.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repetition of herb list.
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
To gather the harvest in a bunch of heather.
And then he'll be a true love of mine
Upon completion, he will be a true love again.
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Repetition of the initial question.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Reiteration of herb list.
Remember me to the one who lives there
Request to convey greetings again to someone at Scarborough Fair.
For once he was a true love of mine
Recollection that he was once a true love.
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