DESCRIPTION:
This song is a traditional ballad of Yorkshire in England, which tells the tale of a young man who asks his former love to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, after which he will take her back.

The typical version's lyrics was written in 1889. This one by Laura Wright has been shortened and modified.

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.

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Without no seams nor needlework,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.

Tell her to find me an acre of land,
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;
Between the salt water and the sea strands,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.

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.

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.