arranged by Paul Ayres
for unaccompanied SSATB chorus

SSATB performance time approx 2m 30s

Music

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Words

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Remember me to one who lives there,
For she once was a true love of mine.

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Without a seam or needlework,
Then she’ll be a true love of mine.

Tell her to wash it in yonder well,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Where water ne’er sprang nor drop of rain fell,
Then she’ll be a true love of mine.

Tell her to plough me an acre of land,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Between the salt sea and the sea strand,
Then she’ll be a true love of mine.

Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
And tie it all up in a tom-tit’s feather,
Then she’ll be a true love of mine.

Tell her to gather it all in a sack,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
And carry it home on a butterfly’s back.
Then she’ll be a true love of mine.

Trad. from Yorkshire, England

Price

The price of this piece depends on the number of singers in your group. This is a single payment for a licence to make as many copies as you need for your group to rehearse and perform the song as often as you wish. Copies of the song must not be given, lent or sold to any other group.

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