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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. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Simon & Garfunkel - Wikipedia

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    Garfunkel considered the recording of "Scarborough Fair" to be the point at which they stepped into the role of producer, as they were constantly beside engineer Roy Halee mixing. [61] Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme was issued in October 1966, following the release of several singles and sold-out college campus shows. [62]

  7. Culture of Yorkshire - Wikipedia

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    Most Yorkshire folk songs were not unique and tended to be adapted to fit local geography and dialect, as with probably the most commercially successful Yorkshire song, Scarborough Fair. One unusual piece of music is the unique choral folk song, probably derived from an 18th-century ballad, known as the Holmfirth Anthem or Pratty Flowers. [63]

  8. Ohio State Fair's origins included Columbus residents

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    The Ohio State Fair was first held in Cincinnati in 1850, ... Ohio State Fair's origins included Columbus residents. Gannett. Grace Freeman. August 4, 2024 at 3:30 AM.

  9. Girl from the North Country - Wikipedia

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    Carthy exposed Dylan to a repertoire of traditional English ballads, including Carthy's own arrangement of "Scarborough Fair," which Dylan drew upon for aspects of the melody and lyrics of "Girl from the North Country," including the line from the refrain "Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine".