X:20
T:Scarborough Fair
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Broadwood and Maitland, 1893, pp. 12-13. Sung by William Moat,
O:a Whitby fisherman, North Riding, Yorkshire, December, 1891.
O:Noted by H. M. Bower.
H:The editors note that this tune is related to a Sussex song,
"The Seasons of the Year" (op.cit., p. 143); and the latter in
turn to a Wiltshire "Sheep-shearing Song" (ibid., p. 149). With
the second half, above, cf. "Over Yonder's a Park" (JEFSS, IV
[1910], p. 63). This singer, say the editors, insisted on the
long pauses.
N: H means fermata (lengthen the note) I means inverted fermata (shorten it).
N:Child 2
G:B
P:AB4AB4 % A part - Stanzas 1 and 6, B part - Stanzas 2-5, 7-10
M:6/8
K:G
P:A
"Stanzas 1 and 6"D | GGG ABc | d2 d HA2 B |
w:Is any of you going to Scar-bor-ough Fair? Re-
c>Bc d>BA | G>FG HD2 D | G2 G A>Bc |
w:mem-*ber me to a lad as lives there, Re-mem-ber me to a
d>ed IA2 d | d2 D D>DD | D>EF G3 ||
w:lad as lives there; For once he was a true lov-er of mine.
P:B
K:Am
"Stanzas 2-5, 7-10"AAA GAB | c>dc B2 G | A>AA c>BA |
w:Tell him to bring me an ac-re of land, Bet-wixt the wild oce-an and
d>cd ({d}He2) IA | c>de f>ed | e>AA {G}A2 B |
w:yon-der sea* sand, Bet-wixt the wild oce-an and yon-der sea* sand,  And
c>dc B>AA | D>A^G HA2 |]
w:then he shall be a true lov-er of mine.
W:
W:Is any of you going to Scarborough Fair?
W:Remember me to a lad as lives there,
W:Remember me to a lad as lives there;
W:For once he was a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Tell him to bring me an acre of land
W:Betwixt the wild ocean and yonder sea sand (bis)
W:And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Tell him to plough it with one ram's horn,
W:And sow it all over with one peppercorn. (bis)
W:
W:Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather,
W:And bind it together with one peacock's feather. (bis)
W:
W:And now I have answered you questions three,
W:I hope you'll answer as many for me.  (bis)
W:
W:Is any of you going to Scarborough Fair?
W:Remember me to a lass as lives there,  (bis)
W:For once she was a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
W:Without any needles or thread or owt through't. (bis)
W:And then she shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Tell her to wash it by yonder wall,
W:Where water ne'er sprung, nor a drop of rain fall. (bis)
W:
W:Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,
W:Which blossom ne'er grew sin' Adam was born. (bis)
W:
W:And now I have answered your questions three,
W:And I hope you'll answer as many for me (bis)
W:And then thou shalt be a true lover of mine.