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Scarborough Fair" (Roud 12, Child 2) is a traditional English ballad. [1] The song lists a number of impossible tasks given to a former lover who lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire .
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).
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.
"Girl from the North Country" (occasionally known as "Girl of the North Country") is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
It is the B-side to the hit single "Scarborough Fair/Canticle". [1] It is included on The Graduate soundtrack album and was additionally released on the "Mrs. Robinson" EP in 1968, together with three other songs from The Graduate film: "Mrs. Robinson", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", and "The Sound of Silence".
Scarborough Fair or Scarboro Fair may refer to: Scarborough Fair (fair), a late medieval fair in Scarborough, North Yorkshire "Scarborough Fair" (ballad), a traditional English ballad; Scarborough Fair Collection, a museum of fairground mechanical organs and showman's engines in Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is the third studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on October 24, 1966, in the United States by Columbia Records.
Mendes spent the rest of 1968 enjoying consecutive top 10 and top 20 hits with his follow-up singles "The Fool on the Hill" and "Scarborough Fair". [ 1 ] [ failed verification ] From 1968 on, Mendes was a major Brazilian star [ 3 ] and enjoyed immense popularity worldwide, performing in venues as varied as stadium arenas and the White House ...