Folkesang
1. 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.
2. Have her make me a cambric shirt,
Parsley ...
Without a seam or fine needle work.
Then she'll be a true love of mine.
3. Have her wash it in yonder dry well,
Parsley ...
Where ne'er a drop of water e'er fell.
Then she'll ...
4. Have her find me an acre of land,
Parsley ...
Between the sea and over the sand.
Then she'll...
5. Plow the land with a horn of a lamb,
Parsley ...
Then sow some seeds from north of the dam.
Then she'll...
6. If she tells me she can't, I'll reply,
Parsley ...
Let med know at least she will try.
Then she'll...
7. Love imposes impossible tasks,
Parsley ...
Though nothing more than any heart asks.
I must know she's true love of mine.
8. Dear, when thou hast finished thy task,
Parsley ...
Then come to me, my hand for to ask.
Thou then art a true love of mine.
parsley = persille; sage = salvie; rosemary = rosmarin; thyme = timian.
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