Lyrics
Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Asking if the listener is planning 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 Fair
For she once was a true love of mine
Describing that the person in Scarborough Fair was once a true love
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
Instructing to ask the person to make a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs
Without any seams or needle work
Specification for the shirt – without seams or needlework
Then she shall be a true love of mine
Expressing that if the shirt is made, she will be a true love again
Tell her to find me an acre of land
Requesting to find an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs
Between wild water and silvery sand
Describing the location of the land between wild water and silvery sand
Then she shall be a true of mine
Stating that if she finds the land, she will be a true love again
Of mine, of mine, of mine
Repetition emphasizing possession ("Of mine, of mine, of mine")
Then she shall be a true love mine
Reaffirming that she will be a true love
Are you going
Repetition of the initial question and location, creating a rhythmic pattern
Are you going
-Are you going there
-Are you going
-Are you going
-Scarborough Fair
-Are you going
Continuation of rhythmic repetition with slight variations
Are you going
-Are you going there
-Are you going
-Are you going
-Scarborough Fair
-Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Reiteration of the initial request to go to Scarborough Fair and convey greetings
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
-Remember me to one who lives there
-She once was a true love mine
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