[Verse 1]
            
Are you goin' 

       
to Scarbo-   r

     
ough Fair?
           
  Parsley, sag

            
e, rosemary, a

   
nd 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 camb- 

    
   ric shirt

(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
           
  Parsley, sag

            
e, rosemary, a

   
nd thyme

(Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
           
Without no sea

             
ms nor needlew

        
ork

(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 a-cre

   
   of land

(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)
           
  Parsley, sag

            
e, rosemary, a

   
nd 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 in a sic

   
kle  of leathe

r

(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)
           
  Parsley, sag

            
e, rosemary, a

   
nd 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


[Outro]
            
Are you goin' 

       
to Scarbo-   r

     
ough Fair?
           
  Parsley, sag

            
e, rosemary, a

   
nd thyme
           
Remember me to

              
 one who lives

         
 there
           
She once was a

              
 true love of 


mine