Someone said this song may be timeless but it’s certainly not thymeless

As a teenager my father suggested we watch The Graduate, we did and the music of S & G just blew me away. My father died two years ago today and I am listening to Scarborough Fair and thinking of him with tears in my eyes. Thanks Dad for all those things that you got right. I miss you..

The tune and lyrics date back to the Middle Ages. The herbs were mentioned for their spiritual meaning in medieval lore. Parsley was thought to remove bitter emotions. Sage was a symbol of wisdom and healing. Rosemary evoked remembrance, and was used to bless weddings with love and fidelity. Thyme was a symbol of courage and chivalry.

When I was in Vietnam, this music helped me survive.

This is so haunting. Those harmonies are just unreal.

I sang this to my small son, who died at 2. It calmed him

Simon and Garfunkel were HUGE in the late 1960s when I was a college student. That their music has endured for 55 years is a testament to the beauty that they created.

Lyrics Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (in the deep forest green) Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground) Without no seams nor needle work (Bedclothes the child of the mountain) Then she'll be a true love of mine (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call) Tell her to find me an acre of land (A sprinkling of leaves) Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme (Washes the grave with silvery tears) Between the salt water and the sea strands (And polishes a gun) Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather (Blazing in scarlet battalions) Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill) And gather it all in a bunch of heather (A cause they've long ago forgotten) Then she'll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine

So beautiful. Since my son passed away in 2021, almost everyday songs from my past float into my mind songs from when my boy was alive. He was my first best friend, I miss him so so much. Sean Lee Phillips Aug 26, 1972-August 2, 2021. Rest in peace my son with the Holy Angels and Jesus Our King Forever. I Love You Forever.

I grew up with my parents singing this song and playing their acoustic guitars. My dad with the main part, my mom coming in with "canticle". It was an absolutely beautiful thing to experience, and listening to this now takes me right back to that time. Thank you for the memory, S & G.

Oh my the harmonies are like a shower of diamonds floating back to medieval britian. Gorgeous.

‘And fight for a cause they’ve long ago forgotten’ A line so true in many ways

Recorded in 1966 - over 50 years ago and it's still amazing today.

"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English ballad about the Yorkshire town of Scarborough. The song relates the tale of a young man who instructs the listener to tell his former love to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back. Often the song is sung as a duet, with the woman then giving her lover a series of equally impossible tasks, promising to give him his seamless shirt once he has finished As the versions of the ballad known under the title "Scarborough Fair" are usually limited to the exchange of these impossible tasks, many suggestions concerning the plot have been proposed, including the hypothesis that it is about the Great Plague of the late Middle Ages. Paul Simon learned the song in London in 1965 from Martin Carthy, who had picked up the tune from the songbook by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger and included it on his eponymous 1965 album. Simon & Garfunkel set it in counterpoint with "Canticle"-a reworking of the lyrics from Simon's 1963 anti-war song, "The Side of a Hill", set to a new melody composed mainly by Art Garfunkel.

[Verse 1] Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine [Verse 2] Tell her to make me a cambric shirt _On the side of a hill, in the deep forest green_ Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme _Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground_ Without no seams nor needle work _Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain_ Then she'll be a true love of mine _Sleeps unaware of the clarion call_ [Verse 3] Tell her to find me an acre of land _On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves_ Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme _Washes the grave with silvery tears_ Between the salt water and the sea strands _A soldier cleans and polishes a gun_ Then she'll be a true love of mine [Verse 4] Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather _War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions_ Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme _Generals order their soldiers to kill_ And gather it all in a bunch of heather _And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten_ Then she'll be a true love of mine [Verse 5] Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine

I still at school when this stunning version of the ancient English song was released. It was a massive hit and it has lost none over its charm

One of the most beautiful recordings ever made.

One of those songs where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard it. It's almost traumatic to experience something so beautiful for the first time.

Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English folk song from the Middle Ages, referring to an old fair in Scarborough, Yorkshire. It is a market fair, comprising of traders, merchants and other vendors that started sometime in the 14th century until the 18th century.

Still listening to this very beautiful bittersweet classic as of early 2024. And will certainly continue listening to it well beyond! All the best to anyone reading this!

before youtube...before MTV....before headphones were portable..my cassette player lulled me to sleep on many a air condition- free, humid , open window night... as the old oaks swayed to melody of my youth...

When I was an introverted kid in 7th grade I listened to Simon & Garfunkel non-stop. This song intrigued me the most. I remember reading Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series for the first time while listening to S&G. They are forever entwined in my mind.

小さい頃に聴いていた時はただ単に市場の歌だと思っていました。 この世から戦争がなくなる事を願います。

Makes me want to cry,about what i wasted in youth never to regained.

This is a song that makes you stop doing whatever you're doing and just sit still and listen, letting yourself be completely drawn into the music and singing. That last stanza always stuns me, when they ask for the last time: "Are you going to Scarborough Fair".

One of the most beautiful recordings ever made. THIS is music.

A haunting rendition of a beautiful ancient folk ballad

this song reminds of my deceased father. He loved it. Miss him

I love how they're harmony goes out of sync but is still harmonic. I love it when people do that. It eventually just goes back into sync.

1966 Just out of hi school, I drove to in my Low Rider Ford Starliner from the San Fernando Valley... Los Angeles... to San Francisco to check out the Hippy Movement... wow, what a life I have had and continue to have. Beautiful music

There is a spiritual glow around this song

My choir teacher is having me do a solo for choir this year and this is the song he is having me sing. I absolutely love it!!

HOW, HOW, HOW can anyone dislike this masterpiece of transporting beauty? Layering the two songs is a stroke of musical genius which awes me every time I listen.

I was 18 back in Holland,i bought this on single and played time after time,now i,m 71 and still enyoying it,the most positiv is that my children even love this!

Part of their art in this version is that the voices of the singers are totally intertwined. In the beginning only Garfunkel sings (double-tracked), then Simon joins in (probably also double-tracked) with the lower harmony. Then, for the war song (the 'Canticle') starting at the second stanza, they take turns, Simon singing the lower sections, Garfunkel the higher ones. We hear approx. three Paul Simons and three Art Garfunkels singing in this song. But as their performances are so accurate and their voices blend so beautifully, this is barely noticeable.

We are generation of love, death and it's never ending. Peace people. Life is to short for all of us.

The Graduate...and the scenes of Benjamin driving his red alfa romeo spider.... crossing the Oakland Bay Bridge heading to Berkeley to find Elaine... Great Movie, Great Soundtrack....

Mum used to sing me to sleep with this song, this song has a special place in my heart

Perfect arrangement, playing, vocals and production. Its beauty has never been lost over the years.

This is a very olde Traditional song from the North East Of England some 250 miles North of London. Along with other classmates, I used to sing this out loud during my school days. That was many years ago and long before the song became an International hit! S & G should have credited that fact!

It's a very (very) old song from England. You should look up the history of the song it really is fascinating.

I don't care. They have the best harmony I have ever heard. Music today is absolutely nothing compared to these 2 men

How can so much grace and beauty fit into 3 minutes? It's simply unreal.

Between impeccable harmonizing, the harpsichord & layers ... it's hard to imagine this could've been more perfect.

I live in Scarborough and this is always blasting out speakers at the BBQ

*This makes me want to put on a flower crown and renaissance dress and let my curls down, and just spin*

This is counterpoint, and why Baroque music was so profound.

Makes me cry all the time it reminds me of how alone I am

simon and garfunkel,Beach boys,The Beatles,The Mamas and The Papas,Crosby,Stills and Nash raised me to be a human being.Harmony.

They truly set the bar for future artists.

Respect from France.

Truly one of the most beautiful haunting songs ever it takes you back in time

My daughter's high school Chorus class won a Superior Music Award 04/2023 for performing this beautiful song at a Music Festival in South Carolina. It's an absolute Masterpiece, and to hear children performing this song with such dedication and passion in 2023 is just unbelievable. Gives you hope in a generation of music, that isn't worthy of even calling music.

im just 34 yrs old but god i love their music so much. thats truth and real music.

Beautiful Song. Amazing Lyrics that bring so many memories to people all over the world.

Recorded in 1966, when I was only 13. I'm 70 now. It always reminded of me of my college years in the early 1970s. I had fond memories of first girlfriends, who had slipped away from me, as time moved on. Short, sweet love affairs, that faded into the the mist.

I love that these herbs work together both symbolically, and in actuality. One of my favorite dishes is to combine Parsley, Sage Rosemary, and Thyme with mushrooms, rice, wild rice and peas.

Love these soft kind of songs. Almost feel like your in a field of flowers with cool breezes flowing through cooling off the early summer heat.

These are the only. Truly. New yorkers I've known...since. 1967. Still In my heart!

They wrote so many great songs but this one is timeless and magical.

Simple -- two voices and a guitar, with no big production. Quiet and lovely accompaniment. Flawless.

There are only 3 other performers who could harmonize as great as Simon & Garfunkel. They are Crosby, Stills, & Nash.

Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. My favourite place in the world

When I was early in my teens, maybe even 12, my friend Greer had come to me raving about his new favorite "rock group", Simon and Garfunkel. It really didn't occur to me until years later that Greer had loved Simon and Garfunkel because Greer's last name was Scarborough. Lol Still, an awesome duo who's beautiful poetry had carried me through many times in my life.

Pure MAGIC! The ethereal melodic sublime sounds of this song transports me into an other-worldly dreamy state of consciousness that no other song ever has.

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green) Parsely, sage, rosemary & thyme (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground) Without no seams nor needlework (Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains) Then she'll be a true love of mine (Sleeps unaware of the clarion call) Tell her to find me an acre of land (On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves) Parsely, sage, rosemary, & thyme (Washed is the ground with so many tears) Between the salt water and the sea strand (A soldier cleans and polishes a gun) Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather (War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions) Parsely, sage, rosemary & thyme (Generals order their soldiers to kill) And to gather it all in a bunch of heather (And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten) Then she'll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine.

Let’s just admire that these kinds are some of the only KZfaq music channel without blocked comments (Edited plurals coz some more classic bands ive seen have comments)

Kocham tą balladę pełną nostalgii, majestatu, uduchowienia.

I am a 56 years old brazilian, and I've been listening ang loving Simon and Garfunkel songs for the last 35 years. I still cry after some songs. They brings me my deeper emotions. Looks like I was in NY with them while them composed. I 've never been in US and never been with them but they will be with me till the end. Thanks Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

I imagine hearing this at a Renaissance Fair.

Born in January of '68. I was truly blessed to be born in a time of great artists who produced the most wonderful music ever heard. I listen to everything from folk jazz, blues, country, rock,heavy metal, & punk. Music feeds my soul.

This song always puts me in a time and space I barely can hold onto. I was too young, but the happiness I feel thru the filtered light of the white walls and shag carpet house that held the acrylic afternoons amongst sunlight glass and polyester pant suits of my grandmother’s home. There was a warmth like a safe soap opera on tv. No weariness. No worries. Just life in a snow globe free from the ravages of time. Memories and this song.

Honor them by buying their albums, i did it. Thanks folks, you guys are amazing!!!

The last time they sing "Thyme"; the harmonies make me burst out crying.

Traditional English folk song, which was taught to Paul Simon (including the fabulous guitar accompaniment) by singer Martin Carthy when Paul was in England.

They are still a couple of alchemists. I can't believe the magic it works after so many years... like being in a mystical celtic forest

One of the most beautiful recordings ever made. THIS is music. Hauntingly beautiful... One of the most beautiful recordings ever made.

Who's listening to this hauntingly beautiful song in 2020? Yeah, me neither, but soon, very soon ...

I Love Simon & Garfunkel😍😍❤️❤️

Sometimes, when I am listening to this, I recall my loved ones who have passed and it makes me cry, but the music is so beautiful, it is not a bad thing.

Everyone needs to remember that we were coming out of Vietnam. We wanted peace and quiet. That's what S&G gave us. I'll love them forever .

The Greatest Song of All time!

Closed my eyes, and chose a song to learn on guitar. I’ve never heard this song so I just made it fun by playing it randomly with the chords and lyrics I was given. I had no clue this song was so mystical and magical. I feel as though I am a fairy in a magical forest. Wow.

It takes me back to 1952, in the first house and neighborhood I remember living and the homelike mellowness of early childhood on a backstreet in Wallace, NC. So haunting, like mellow memories of the old house. I'm 73 now. Its so miniscule straits of marvelous!

There are many singers and bands sing thí song , but just Simon & Garfunkel sing the "Canticle" of the song. This is why I prefer this version to many other different versions.

Song of soul, which hepled me to overcome poverty and injury of ny childhood. Thanks lot S&G

I remember my childhood. Every night, before we go to bed, my parents listened to Garfunkel and Simon with our old cassette player which still works today. What beautiful memories.

They don't make music this way anymore. That needs to change. How beautiful is this pure and unadulterated sound? Pre dating auto tune... real deal blending harmonizing and dynamics

I am listening to this IN Scarborough

So beautiful...makes me cry. Glad I lived during the musical and cultural renaissance.

We are infinite....

So very Medieval in sound and imagery. The question asked throughout is so eeringly haunting: Are you going to Scarborough Fair? I have never heard anything else like it. Whenever and wherever I hear it, I stop and listen until it ends.

My older sister had this album in 1968. I'm transported back to that time and place, every time I hear this beautiful song.

The reason why it was the time. These guys made it magical, medieval, beautiful ❤️

This song makes me feel so nostalgic about a place I've never been to, a time I can never experience, people I can never meet..As I listened to it, I pictured a medieval-era bard sitting in the back of an cart singing and playing with a group at night, warmed by a crackling wildfire under a canopy of stars. The ox are resting, munching on grass, after a long day while the children are running around, excited to see the Scarborough Fair.

This was the very first song I played on the piano at 3 years old. A stripped down melody only version of course. My older sister, was practicing from a beginners book. As soon as she had stopped, I hopped up on the bench and played it by ear. After that, my parents were like "ok, we've got to get this one into lessons now", and they did with a wonderful, professional, educational, very intellectual woman that continued to teach me for 15 years. She is an amazing musician who noted both my flaws and talents with truth. She had me in the breakdown of keys, chords and a very accomplished, runs and glissando type style playing, triad inversion musical theory at around 4-5 grade, which is unheard of. She saw something in me most don't. I have the utmost respect for her, and I always will. ❤️

Reminds me of the graduate so much! Simon and Garfunkel... never anyone like them and undoubtedly no one ever like them again. Harmonies are perfection and there is only one person to thank for that. Paul Simon we love you so very much! Thank you for everything, you truly are the most talented man to ever walk on this earth.

I have sage, rosemary and thyme, but I still need to get some parsley.

I have a high imagination, every time I hear this song I immediately imagine a medieval era story

the bittersweet memories of days past