X:1
T:Scarborough Fair
O:Yorkshire
C:Collected and arranged by Cecil Sharp
%%Copyright: 1916, Oliver Ditson Company
S:A Selection of Some Less Well Known Folk-Songs vol. 2
S:compiled by Cyril Winn
S:London: Novello and Company, Limited
Z:Jack Campin 2003 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/>
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=60 "Andante"
P:ABABABC
K:G Dorian
P:A
    G`````A```G   F``````G````A   |B>````c`````B     A2
w:1.Where are you go-    ing? To   Scar- bor-  ough  Fair?
w:3.Tell  her to  wash   it   in   yon-*       der   well,
w:5.Tell  her to  plough it   with one*        ram's horn,
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z|G2   A   (BA)````G   |G``B``c   d2
w:Pars-ley, sage,* rose-ma-ry and thyme,
w:Pars-ley, sage,* rose-ma-ry and thyme,
w:Pars-ley, sage,* rose-ma-ry and thyme,
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  G    |d2     d    =e``````d```c   |d````G```G   (FG)
w:Re-   mem-   ber   me     to  a    bonn-y   lass there,*
w:Where water  ne'er sprung nor a    drop of  rain fell,*
w:And   sow~it all   o-     ver with one  pep-per  corn,*
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  A |(Bc)```B     A```A`G  |[M:3/8]D``=E`^F |[M:6/8]G2z z3||
w:For once* she   was a true       lov-er of        mine.
w:And she*  shall be  a true       lov-er of        mine.
w:And she*  shall be  a true       lov-er of        mine.
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P:B
    G````A```G  F``````G``A    |(B````c)`B    A`````A
w:2.Tell her to make   me a      cam-*   bric shirt,*
w:4.Tell her to plough me an     ac-  re of   land,*
w:6.Tell her to reap   it with~a sick-le of   leath-er,
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z|G2   A   (BA)````G   |G``B``c   d2
w:Pars-ley, sage,* rose-ma-ry and thyme,
w:Pars-ley, sage,* rose-ma-ry and thyme,
w:Pars-ley, sage,* rose-ma-ry and thyme,
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  G   |d`````d``d  =e````d````c  |d2     G      F`````G
w:With-out   an-y   need-le   or  thread work'd in    it,
w:Be-  tween*   the sea  and  the salt   sea    strand,*
w:And  tie  it  all up   with a   tom-   tit's  feath-er,
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  A |(Bc)  B     A``A`G   |[M:3/8]D``=E`^F |[M:6/8]G2z z3||
w:And she* shall be a true        lov-er of        mine.
w:And she* shall be a true        lov-er of        mine.
w:And she* shall be a true        lov-er of        mine.
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P:C
    G````A```G  F````G``A |B```c``B A3|
w:7.Tell her to gath-er it all in a sack,
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  G2   A   (BA)````G   |G``B``c   d2
w:Pars-ley, sage,* rose-ma-ry and thyme,
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  G  |d```d``d =e````d``c|d```G```G    (FG)
w:And car-ry it home on a but-ter-fly's back,
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  A  |B````c```B     A``A`G  |[M:3/8]D``=E`^F |[M:6/8]G3-G2z||
w:And then she shall be a true       lov-er of        mine.