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

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
             (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)
Parsely, sage, rosemary & thyme
                           (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needlework
                    (Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
                             (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
Tell her to find me an acre of land
               (On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsely, sage, rosemary, & thyme
                          (Washed is the ground with so many tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strand
                       (A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
                           (War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions) 
                                                           { the distant sound of a church bell tolls 1}
Parsely, sage, rosemary & thyme
                         (Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And to gather it all in a bunch of heather
                     (And to fight for a cause they've long ago 
forgotten)
     Then she'll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme
Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine.
Simon & Garfunkels version,
Combine a poem about the wastfull futility of war and
a classic ballad about performing a series of impossible tasks to win back love
In the process they make 3 songs,, read between the lines :-)

the "Canticle" is a rework of a song called "The Side Of a Hill"
On the side of a hill in the deep forest green
Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call
On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves
Washes the grave with silvery tears
A soldier cleans and polishes a gun
War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions
Generals order their soldiers to kill
And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten

from "The Paul Simon Songbook" a solo demo album

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