Carthy's version was also important for another reason. One may say that it has never been more popular than today. Since then this song was recorded countless times by all kinds of artists. Their recording was also used in the movie The Graduate and included on the Soundtrack-LP. Paul Simon liked Carthy's version and recorded it himself in 1966 with his partner Art Garfunkel for their third LP, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme. Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather,Īnd to thrash it all out with a bunch of heather, Tell her to plough it with a lamb's horn,Īnd to sow it all o'er with one peppercorn, Mostly responsible for the resurgence of "Scarborough Fair" was English folk singer and guitar player Martin Carthy who recorded his arrangement of this song in 1965 for his first LP ( Fontana STL 5269):īetween the salt water and the sea strand, Child has subsumed this group in his English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882) under No.
It belongs to a family of songs that is more than 300 years old. At the moment around 1000 recorded versions are available. One of the most popular so-called "folk songs" today is "Scarborough Fair". Follow ".Tell Her To Make Me A Cambric Shirt"įrom The "Elfin Knight" to "Scarborough Fair" I.
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