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Scarborough Fair

作者：RNSandi 於 2010-5-31 01:21 發表於最熱鬧的華人社交網路--貝殼村

通用分類:音樂欣賞|已有22評論

This song dates to the Elizabethan era, though its melody may have roots reaching back a century or more before the Renaissance. "Scarborough Fair" is a so-called riddle song and was revived by Simon & Garfunkel in the twentieth century. Its text has appeared in many different versions, though most are close and share the central elements of the riddle. This is one of the few songs whose mysterious text has drawn more attention than its music. That said, the music has charm in its mixture of elegance and Renaissance-era reserve, in its quasi-stoic manner and folk-ish color. Though the melodic material is fairly complex in its seemingly wandering manner, it is the text that is rife with complexity. Throughout its eight verses, one line appears, "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," as a young man gives his former sweetheart five difficult, if not impossible tasks to demonstrate her love for him. But does he really want her back, or she him? Traditional song mavens will have to listen to this charming effort for possible answers. To offer a hint regarding the meaning behind the four herbs, each is associated in some way with love and reproductive abilities.

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

Tell him to make me a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Without no seam nor needlework
Then he'll be a true love of mine

Tell him to find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Between the salt water and the sea strand
Then he'll be a true love of mine

Have him reap it with a sickle of leather.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Gather it up in a bunch of heather.
Then he'll be a true love of mine

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

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回復犀利哥 2010-5-31 01:25: SF

回復犀利哥 2010-5-31 01:28: 傷感ing

回復 RNSandi 2010-5-31 01:29: 犀利哥: 傷感ing
He once was a true love of mine......

回復犀利哥 2010-5-31 01:32: RNSandi: He once was a true love of mine......
" change what you can, accept what you can't "

回復珍惜眼前 2010-5-31 02:27: 犀利哥: 傷感ing
Feeling the same... we' re on the same boat.

回復方方頭 2010-5-31 03:25: Together these four spices can be a love charm.
cool. I have two of them :) I'd like to find two more
Liked this song very much.
still like it

回復 RNSandi 2010-5-31 03:26: 方方頭: Together these four spices can be a love charm.
cool. I have two of them :) I'd like to find two more
Liked this song very much.
still like it
loving it~

回復犀利哥 2010-5-31 07:09: 珍惜眼前: Feeling the same... we' re on the same boat.

回復 John1400 2010-5-31 07:45: 喜歡，very much.

回復戶人 2010-5-31 08:48: 喜歡Sarah的聲音，如同天籟之聲。也喜歡Simon & Garfunkel 的原唱，和《畢業生》中的Dustin Hoffman。

回復楓樹下 2010-5-31 10:13: 巧了，幾年前也寫過介紹這首歌的文字。好聽！

回復 tanghan 2010-5-31 10:45: 不喜歡sarah演唱的版本，不夠深沉，過於纖細。最初我第一次聽這首歌的時候，腦子裡全是MM的倩影：低頭擺弄衣角的定格；分手一年後偶然聽走廊里別的寢室里飄出這首歌，我就呆住，端著洗衣盆站著不動，腦子裡還是MM的倩影:大眼睛看著我，淚珠扑打扑打掉。那時節我恨不得自己馬上碎屍萬斷......