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The version using the melody later used by Simon & Garfunkel in "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" was sung to Ewan MacColl in 1947 by Mark Anderson (1874–1953), a retired lead miner from Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England.
The song "Scarborough Fair" is considered a relatively recent variant of "The Elfin Knight", and both are officially classified as the same ballad. [7] Mark Anderson (1874–1953), a retired lead-miner from either Newbiggin-by-the-Sea [8] or Middleton-in-Teesdale, [9] County Durham, England, sang "Scarborough Fair" to Ewan MacColl in 1947.
In 1947, MacColl visited a retired lead-miner named Mark Anderson (1874–1953) in Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England, who performed to him a song called "Scarborough Fair"; MacColl recorded the lyrics and melody in a book of Teesdale folk songs, and later included it on his and Peggy Seeger's The Singing Island (1960).
Mark Anderson of Middleton-in-Teasdale, County Durham, the original source of the famous Scarborough Fair melody, [10] sang the song to Alan Lomax in 1951, [11] the recording of which is available online via the Alan Lomax archive. [12] Peter Kennedy (1953) and Alan Lomax (1954) [13] recorded Jags Plough of Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire ...
Mark Anderson may have gone home on The Golden Bachelorette, but the 57-year-old army veteran (and fellow Bach Nation member Kelsey Anderson's dad) graciously opened up about his journey on the ...
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The traditional "Scarborough Fair" no longer exists, but a number of low-key celebrations take place every September to mark the original event. Scarborough Fair in July 2006, witnessed medieval jousting competitions hosted by English Heritage in addition to the usual attractions. In 2016, a revival of the fair as a music festival headlined by ...
Kelsey Anderson is all in on the idea of her dad, Mark Anderson, handing out the roses on The Golden Bachelor. “If that's what he wants to do, I would fully support him,” Kelsey, 26 ...