Scarborough Fair
Timeless Love in Scarborough Fair: A Musical Tapestry
Lyrics
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Invitation or inquiry about going to Scarborough Fair.
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Listing herbs (parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme).
Remember me to one who lives there
Passing on greetings to someone at Scarborough Fair.
She once was a true love of mine
Referring to a woman who was once a true love.
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
Requesting the creation of a cambric shirt.
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs.
Without no seams nor needle work
Describing the shirt to be made without seams or needlework.
She once was a true love of mine
Reminiscing about the woman as a past true love.
Tell her to find me an acre of land
Instructing to find an acre of land.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs.
Between the salt water and the sea strands
Specifying the location of the land between saltwater and sea strands.
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Expressing that acquiring the land will make her a true love again.
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
Instructing to harvest with a leather sickle.
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs.
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
Directing to gather the harvest in a bunch of heather.
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Suggesting that this action will restore her as a true love.
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Repeating the initial inquiry about going to Scarborough Fair.
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs.
Remember me to one who lives there
Reiterating greetings to someone at Scarborough Fair.
She once was a true love of mine
Recalling that the woman was once a true love.
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