Scarborough Fair- W. Moat (Whit) 1891 Broadwood
[English County Songs, by Lucy E. Broadwood and J. A. Fuller Maitland, 1893, p. 12.
R. Matteson 2018]
'Scarborough Fair,' taken down by H. M. Bower, December, 1891, from William Moat, a Whitby fisherman.
1 'Is any of you going to Scarborough Fair?
Remember me to a lad as lives there;
Remember me to a lad as lives there;
For once he was a true lover of mine.
(Second line always twice.)
2 'Tell him to bring me an acre of land
Betwixt the wild ocean and yonder sea sand;
And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
3 'Tell him to plough it with one ram's horn,
And sow it all over with one pepper corn;
And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
4 'Tell him to reap it with sickle of leather,
And bind it together with one peacock-feather
And then he shall be a true lover of mine.
5 'And now I have answered your questions three,
I hope you'll answer as many for me;
And then thou shalt be a true lover of mine.'
6 'Is any of you going to Scarborough Fair?
Remember me to a lass as lives there;
For once she was a true lover of mine.
7 'Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
Without any needles or thread, or owt through't;
And then she shall be a true lover of mine.
8 'Tell her to wash it by yonder wall,
Where water neer sprung, nor a drop o rain fall;
And then she shall be a true lover of mine.
9 'Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,
Where blossom neer grew sin Adam was born;
And then she shall be a true lover of mine.
10 'And now I have answered your questions three,
And I hope you'll answer as many for me;
And then thou shalt be a true lover of mine.'—