Scarborough Fair/Canticle
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel
Release Date
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Simon & GarfunkelProduced by
Bob JohnstonWrited by
Paul Simon & Traditional & Art GarfunkelAbout
“Scarborough Fair” is a traditional English folk ballad, detailing a list of tasks the speaker gives to his former lover to earn back his love, which are impossible to achieve (probably intended as a way of saying they’ll never get it back). Paul Simon became aware of the song during his time in Eng...
Scarborough Fair/Canticle Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
[Verse 2]
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
On the side of a hill, in the deep forest green
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground
Without no seams nor needle work
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
[Verse 3]
Tell her to find me an acre of land
On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Washes the grave with silvery tears
Between the salt water and the sea strands
A soldier cleans and polishes a gun
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 4]
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Generals order their soldiers to kill
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten
Then she'll be a true love of mine
[Verse 5]
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
Scarborough Fair/Canticle Q&A
Who wrote Scarborough Fair/Canticle's ?
Scarborough Fair/Canticle was written by Paul Simon & Traditional & Art Garfunkel.
Who produced Scarborough Fair/Canticle's ?
Scarborough Fair/Canticle was produced by Bob Johnston.
When did Simon & Garfunkel release Scarborough Fair/Canticle?
Simon & Garfunkel released Scarborough Fair/Canticle on Mon Oct 10 1966.
Who wrote the canticle part?
Paul Simon. The song, titled “The Side of a Hill”, is from his first album, The Paul Simon Songbook, though he made some small lyric changes for the “Canticle”.