Scarborough Fair

Scarborough Fair係一隻英國傳統民歌。

歌詞

一個喺1889年出版嘅版本係現代版本嘅典型：

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Remember me to the one who lives there,

She was once the true love of mine.

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Without any seam or needlework,

Then she'll be the true love of mine.

Tell her to wash it in yonder well,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Where never spring water or rain ever fell,

And she'll be the true love of mine.

Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Which never bore blossom since Adam was born,

Then she'll be the true love of mine.

Now he has asked me questions three,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

I hope he'll answer as many for me,

Before he'll be the true love of mine.

Tell him to buy me an acre of land,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Betwixt the salt water and the sea sand,

Then he'll be the true love of mine.

Tell him to plough it with a ram's horn,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

And sow it all over with one pepper corn,

Then he'll be the true love of mine.

Tell him to shear it with a sickle of leather,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

And bind it up with a peacock feather,

Then he'll be the true love of mine.

Tell him to thrash it on yonder wall,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

And never let one corn of it fall,

Then he'll be the true love of mine.

When he has done and finished his work,

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme;

Oh, tell him to come and he'll have his shirt,

Then he'll be the true love of mine.

副歌含義

為解釋「Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme（香芹、鼠尾草、迷迭香同百里香）」嘅含義已投入大量嘅思考，雖然呢句副歌只喺較近期嘅版本入面搵到蹤影，而呢個冇乜好解釋。一種大眾覺得佢哋係好多種家常菜用嘅美食香料。

參考

出面網頁

• "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme: A Historical Examination of Birth Control Methods from the Medieval and Renaissance Periods" by THLady Maimuna al-Bukhariyya.
• The Elfin Knight 精靈騎士的數個變體，由蔡爾德收集
• The Modern Herbalist: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme: A Love Story
• About the song Scarborough Fair 一個簡單的愛好者網頁，內含大量信息和解釋
• 對與瘟疫相關的解釋
• 斯卡伯勒城鎮信息
• YouTube上嘅Scarborough Fair：
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