Scarborough Fair [Alternative Version] lyrics

[Both:]

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

For she once was a true love of mine

[Man:]

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Without any seam nor needlework

And then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to wash it in yonder dry well

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Which never sprung water nor rain ever fell

And then she'll be a true love of mine

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

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

[Both:]

Have you been to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Remember me from one who lives there

For he once was a true love of mine

[Woman:]

Ask him to find me an acre of land

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Between the salt water and the sea-sand

For then he'll be a true love of mine

Ask him to plough it with a lamb's horn

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

And sow it all over with one peppercorn

For then he'll be a true love of mine

Ask him to reap it with a sickle of leather

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

And gather it up with a rope made of heather

For then he'll be a true love of mine

When he has done and finished his work

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Ask him to come for his cambric shirt

For then he'll be a true love of mine

[Both:]

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

Love imposes impossible tasks

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

But none more than any heart would ask

I must know you're a true love of mine

• Artist:English Folk