Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel

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[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 ma

           
ke me a cambri

    
c shirt
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green) 

             
Parsley, sage,

             
 rosemary and 


thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on snowcrested brown)

          
Without no sea

            
ms nor needle 

 
work
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)

           
Then she'll be

            
 a true love o

   
f mine
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)


[Verse 3]

           
Tell her to fi

            
nd 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 sa

            
lt water and t

         
he sea strands
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)

           
Then she'll be

            
 a true love o

   
f mine


[Verse 4]

           
Tell her to re

             
ap it with a s

           
ickle of leath

er
(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 o

   
f 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

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