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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 .
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.
It was announced on 3 January 2023, that the Fair would be re-established. The festival will be reimagined as a year round programme of distinctive arts, heritage, culinary, music events and sporting contests. Planning is initially for the period 2023 to 2026. [7] The fair features in the traditional English ballad "Scarborough Fair". [8]
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".
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
At the nightclub, they perform an out-of-sync "Scarborough Fair", socialise with various musical impersonators, and Jemaine is picked up by an Art Garfunkel fanatic (Mary Lynn Rajskub). The following day the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Brian, arrives and Murray has Jemaine and Bret give him a cultural tour of New York City .
Artistically the pair go together like Siamese twins, and there could be several singles in the set. Our choice is "Sunday Mornin'", the recent Spanky and Our Gang effort, but votes can also be cast for "Scarborough fair / Canticle" and "Less of Me", the latter a Campbell original. Multi-market airplay and sales on tap." [6]
"Bring Me Victory" is a song from My Dying Bride's previous album, For Lies I Sire; a video was made for the song and released on this EP. [1] "Scarborough Fair", an English traditional song, has two additional verses incorporated into it written by Aaron Stainthorpe. [1] "Failure" is a cover of a song written by Swans.