Unavailable

Scarborough Fair is currently unavailable

We can no longer provide this arrangement through Sheet Music Stores. The listing stays online so you can learn about the piece and explore alternatives.

Try these next steps

About this arrangement

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.847962 By Simon And Garfunkel. By Traditional English Ballad. Arranged by Timothy Stapay. Baroque,Contest,Festival,Film/TV,Folk,Traditional. Score. 6 pages. Timothy Stapay #454662. Published by Timothy Stapay (A0.847962). "Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English ballad. A famous version was recorded by Simon and Garfunkel. The lyrics of "Scarborough Fair" appear to have something in common with a Scottish ballad titled "The Elfin Knight" (Child Ballad #2, collected by Francis James Child, which has been traced as far back as 1670. In this ballad, an elf threatens to abduct a young woman to be his lover unless she can perform an impossible task ("For thou must shape a sark to me / Without any cut or heme, quoth he"); she responds with a list of tasks that he must first perform ("I have an aiker of good ley-land / Which lyeth low by yon sea-strand"). Dozens of versions existed by the end of the 18th century. A number of older versions refer to locations other than Scarborough Fair, including Wittingham Fair, Cape Ann, "twixt Berwik and Lyne", etc. Many versions do not mention a place name and are often generically titled ("The Lovers' Tasks", "My Father Gave Me an Acre of Land". The references to the traditional English fair, "Scarborough Fair" and the refrain "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme" date to 19th-century versions, and the refrain may have been borrowed from the ballad Riddles Wisely Expounded, which has a similar plot. "O, where are you going?" "To Scarborough fair," Savoury sage, rosemary, and thyme; "Remember me to a lass who lives there, For once she was a true love of mine. "And tell her to make me a cambric shirt, Savoury sage, rosemary, and thyme, Without any seam or needlework, And then she shall be a true love of mine. "And tell her to wash it in yonder dry well, Savoury sage, rosemary, and thyme, Where no water sprung, nor a drop of rain fell, And then she shall be a true love of mine.". This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).

Related sheet music

Flute and Clarinet 64 easy duets - 16 Traditional tunes scored in four keys (volume 3)

Flute and Clarinet 64 easy duets - 16 Traditional tunes scored in four keys (volume 3)

scottish traditional, english traditional, irish traditional

Loading...
8 Easy Duets for Violin And Cello

8 Easy Duets for Violin And Cello

david burndrett

Loading...
Scarborough Fair/canticle

Scarborough Fair/canticle

paul simon, art garfunkel

Loading...
FunTime Piano Favorites

FunTime Piano Favorites

nancy faber, randall faber

Loading...
30 Easy Folk Guitar Solos

30 Easy Folk Guitar Solos

mark phillips

Loading...
Rose, Shamrock, Thistle & Leek

Rose, Shamrock, Thistle & Leek

roy palmer

Loading...
Advanced Celtic Piano Solos

Advanced Celtic Piano Solos

traditional

Loading...
12 Favorite Folk Songs, for Trombone Duet

12 Favorite Folk Songs, for Trombone Duet

various, cindy blevins

Loading...