Scarborough Fair

³/₄

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.
2. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   without any seam or fine needlework,
   and then she’ll be a true love of mine.
3. Tell her to wash it yonder dry well
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   where water ne’er sprung
   nor drop of rain fell, and then she’ll be a true love of mine.
4. Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   which never bore blossom, since Adam was born,
   and then she’ll be a true love of mine.
5. Ask her to do me this courtesy
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   and ask for a like favour from me,
   and then she’ll be a true love of mine.
6. Oh, will you find me an acre of land
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   between the sea foam and the sea sand,
   or never be a true love of mine.
7. Oh, will you plough it with a lamb’s horn
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   and sow it all over with one peppercorn,
   or never be a true love of mine.
8. Oh, will you reap it with a sickle of leather
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   and gather it up with a rope made of heather,
   or never be a true love of mine.
9. And when you have done and finished your work
   Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
   then come to me for your cambric shirt,
   and you shall be a true love of mine.
10. If you say that you can’t, then I shall reply
    Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
    oh, let me know that at least you will try,
    or you’ll never be a true love of mine.

trad. englisch (16./17. Jhd.). Version nach dem Codex Patomomomensis