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  2. Scarborough Fair (ballad) - Wikipedia

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    "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" appeared as the lead track on the 1966 Simon & Garfunkel album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in counterpoint with "Canticle", a reworking of the lyrics from Simon's 1963 anti-war song "The Side of a Hill". [22] The duo learned their arrangement of the song from Martin Carthy, but did not credit him as the arranger.

  3. The Elfin Knight - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Scarborough Fair (fair) - Wikipedia

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    Scarborough Fair originated from a royal charter granted by King Henry III of England on 22 January 1253. [3] The charter , which gave Scarborough many privileges, stated "The Burgesses and their heirs forever may have a yearly fair in the Borough, to continue from the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary until the Feast of St ...

  5. Folk process - Wikipedia

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    One famous example of the conflict between the desire of artists to assert copyright and the folk tradition is the case of the ballad "Scarborough Fair". "Scarborough Fair" is a traditional British folk song with many variations, which was reworked by Simon and Garfunkel for their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme; however, unlike ...

  6. The Surprising Origins of Popular Christmas Songs - AOL

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    But several of the songs that are supposed to lift people’s spirits actually have some depressing origins stories. Others were made in homage to family members or inspired by poems or written to ...

  7. Fool on the Hill (album) - Wikipedia

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    The album features two top 40 pop singles: the title track and "Scarborough Fair". The traditional English folk song (covered notably by Simon & Garfunkel) was featured in both the trailer and the soundtrack for the 1973 film Heavy Traffic.

  8. Scarborough Fair - Wikipedia

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    Scarborough Fair Collection, a museum of fairground mechanical organs and showman's engines in Scarborough, North Yorkshire; Scarborough Faire, also known as Scarborough Renaissance Festival, a Renaissance fair in Waxahachie, Texas; Scarboro Fair, a defunct agricultural show in Scarborough, Ontario; Scarborough Fair, a set of four handguns used ...

  9. April Come She Will - Wikipedia

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    "April Come She Will" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their second studio album, Sounds of Silence (1966). It originally appeared on the solo album The Paul Simon Songbook. It is the B-side to the hit single "Scarborough Fair/Canticle". [1]