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I used to hear this creeping up through the floorboards as a kid. Always loved it. The S&G version is so beautiful. The Canticle is a combination of both Scarborough Fair and a 1965 track titled "On The Side Of The Hill" and works perfectly together.
The original 'Scarborough Fair' was a medieval gathering that attracted traders and entertainers from all over the world. I've just discovered that it took place on August 15th every year.... The very same date I decided to finish this. It's been sitting on my PC for months....
RJ
lyrics
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.
On the side of a hill in the deep forest green.
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown.
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
Without no seams nor needle work,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves.
Washes the grave with silvery tears.
A soldier cleans and polishes a gun.
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.
Tell her to find me an acre of land:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
Between the salt water and the sea strand,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions.
General order their soldiers to kill.
And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten.
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
And gather it all in a bunch of heather,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
credits
released August 12, 2014
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