Scarborough Fair
Journey Through Memories: Scarborough Fair's Hidden Love Tale
Lyrics
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Invitation or inquiry about whether the listener will visit Scarborough Fair
Yesterday holds memories in time
Reference to past experiences and events that remain in memory
Remember me to the one who lives there
A request to convey greetings or messages to someone residing in Scarborough Fair
She once was a true love of mine
Recognition that the person being mentioned was once a significant and genuine love
Tell her to think back upon younger days
An instruction or request to ask the person in Scarborough Fair to reminisce about earlier days
Yesterday holds memories in time
Reference to past experiences and events that remain in memory
And seek yonder crossroads where we parted ways
To look for the place where their paths diverged or they separated
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Implying that if she does this, she will become a true love again
Tell her to follow the path to the shire
An instruction to guide her towards a specific location, the shire
Yesterday holds memories in time
Reference to past experiences and events that remain in memory
For there she'll find her heart's true desire
Implying that her heart's true desire can be found in that place
Then she'll be a true love of mine
If she finds it, she will become a true love once more
Tell her to come to the old willow tree
Instructions to visit a specific location, the old willow tree
Yesterday holds memories in time
Reference to past experiences and events that remain in memory
Where spirits of lost love yet whisper to thee
Where the spirits of lost love still communicate or whisper
Thou art still a true love of mine
Expressing that even now, the listener remains a true love
Tell her to gather three lilies of white
Request to gather three white lilies
Yesterday holds memories in time
Reference to past experiences and events that remain in memory
To place at my headstone, beneath the moon's light
To place the gathered lilies at the speaker's headstone, beneath the moon's light
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Implying that doing so will restore the person as a true love
Forever she'll be the one true love of mine
Declaration that the person will forever remain the true love of the speaker
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