[Intro — instrumental, very soft | fingerpicked acoustic guitar + faint drone] (2 bars) [Verse 1 — MALE lead, close-mic, low and steady] (Male)Are you bound for Scarborough Fair? (Female)Parsley… sage… rosemary… and thyme… (Male)Remember me to a lass who lives there,For she was once a true love of mine. [Verse 2 — MALE lead] (Male)Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (Female)Parsley… sage… rosemary… and thyme… (Male)Without any seam or needlework,Then she shall be a true love of mine. [Verse 3 — MALE lead] (Male)Tell her to wash it in yonder dry well (Female)Parsley… sage… rosemary… and thyme… (Male)Where no water ever sprang, nor a drop of rain fell,Then she shall be a true love of mine. [Verse 4 — MALE lead] (Male)Tell her to dry it on yonder thorn (Female)Parsley… sage… rosemary… and thyme… (Male)That never bore blossom since Adam was born,Then she shall be a true love of mine. [Interlude — 6–8 bars instrumental | fiddle answers + tin whistle, no vocal] [Verse 5 — FEMALE lead, intimate, slightly higher, tender but firm] (Female)Will you find me an acre of land、 (Male)Parsley… sage… rosemary… and thyme… (Female)Between the sea-foam and the sea-sand,Or never you’ll be a true love of mine. [Verse 6 — FEMALE lead] (Female)Will you plough it with a ram’s horn (Male)Parsley… sage… rosemary… and thyme… (Female)And sow it all over with one peppercorn,Or else you’ll be a true love of mine. [Outro — DUET hum, no words | very slow, fade out] (hummed) mm… mm… (Duet) Parsley… sage… rosemary… and thyme… (fade)
