Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English ballad. The
song, which is a variant of The Elfin Knight, lists a
number of impossible tasks given to a former lover who
lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The "Scarborough
Fair" variant was most common in the North and
Northeast of England, where it was sung to various
melodies, with refrains resembling "parsley, sage,
rosemary and thyme" and "Then she'll be a true love of
mine".
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