Sunday, May 20, 2012
Are you going to Scarborough fair -- 1660
Speranza
1660
are you going to Scarborough fair
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
remember me to one who lives there
for once she was a true love of mine.
tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
without any seam or needlework,
then she shall be a true lover of mine.
tell her to wash it in yonder well,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
where never spring water or rain ever fell,
and she shall be a true lover of mine.
tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
which never bore blossom since Adam was born,
then she shall be a true lover of mine.
now he has asked me questions three,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
I hope he'll answer as many for me
before he shall be a true lover of mine.
tell him to buy me an acre of land,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
betwixt the salt water and the sea sand,
then he shall be a true lover of mine.
tell him to plough it with a ram's horn,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
and sow it all over with one pepper corn,
and he shall be a true lover of mine.
tell him to shear it with a sickle of leather,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
and bind it up with a peacock feather.
and he shall be a true lover of mine.
tell him to thrash it on yonder wall,
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme,
and never let one corn of it fall,
then he shall be a true lover of mine.
when he has done and finished his work.
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme:
oh, tell him to come and he'll have his shirt,
and he shall be a true lover of mine.
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