Lyrics
Are you goin' to Scarborough Fair
Asking if the person is planning to visit Scarborough Fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
List of herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
She once was a true love of mine
Referring to a woman who was once the speaker's true love
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
Instructing to ask her to make a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Without no seams nor needlework
Specification for the shirt: without seams or needlework
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Once the shirt is made as instructed, she will be the speaker's true love again
Tell her to find me an acre of land
Instructing to ask her to find an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Between the salt water and the sea strand
Specification for the land: between salt water and the sea strand
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Once she finds the land as instructed, she will be the speaker's true love again
Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
Instructing to tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
And to gather it all in a bunch of heather
Specification for the reaping: gather it all in a bunch of heather
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Once she reaps it as instructed, she will be the speaker's true love again
Are you goin' to Scarborough Fair
Repeating the question about going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Repeating the list of herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
Instructing to remember the speaker to someone who lives in Scarborough Fair
She once was a true love of mine
Referring again to a woman who was once the speaker's true love
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