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Saturday, July 20, 2024

My favourite song by Simon & Garfunkel, to be played at my memorial

--and the full thing, including both 'Scarborough Fair' and 'Canticle'.

Lyrics:

... 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
… Tell her to make me a cambric shirt(On the side of a hill, in the deep forest green)Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme(Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground)Without no seams nor needle work(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)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)Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme(Washes the grave with silvery tears)Between the salt water and the sea strands(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)Then she'll be a true love of mine
… Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather(War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions)Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme(Generals order their soldiers to kill)And 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, and thymeRemember me to one who lives thereShe once was a true love of mine
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Arthur Garfunkel / Dp / Frank Peterson / Paul Simon
Scarborough Fair / Canticle lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc

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