 在一個禮拜就開學了,該好好調整生活作息了
最近發現一英文民謠Scarborough Fair
聽了後感覺實在很舒服
<這首歌的歷史>
在中古時期,人們對自己的歌或其他藝術作品並不掛名,因此史卡博羅市集這首歌得作者不得而知。這首歌由吟遊詩人(或是中古時期英格蘭所謂的形塑者)所唱;他們唱過一鎮又一鎮,每當聽到一首歌,帶往下一個小鎮吟唱時,歌詞與編曲也往往跟著改變。也因此今日的史卡博羅市集這首歌有許多版本,連歌詞也有成打 以上不同的文字紀錄。
<歌詞>
以下的歌詞包括了許多朗朗上口且傳頌街頭巷尾的詩句。在賽門與葛芳柯1966年的「Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme香菜、鼠尾草、迷迭香與百里香」專輯中,即引用了不少這些詩句,也讓這首歌一舉成名。當賽門在英國旅行時,自馬丁卡西-一位英國著名的民謠歌手之處習得這首歌。然而,儘管賽門在這首歌中大量使用了卡西的編曲,卻未在專輯中提及卡西之名。
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
For once she was a true love of mine
Have her make me a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Without no seam nor fine needle work
And then she'll be a true love of mine
Tell her to weave it in a sycamore wood lane
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And gather it all with a basket of flowers
And then she'll be a true love of mine
Have her wash it in yonder dry well
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
where water ne'er sprung nor drop of rain fell
And then she'll be a true love of mine
Have her find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Between the sea foam and over the sand
And then she'll be a true love of mine
Plow the land with the horn of a lamb
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Then sow some seeds from north of the dam
And then she'll be a true love of mine
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
And then she'll be a true love of mine
If she tells me she can't, I'll reply
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Let me know that at least she will try
And then she'll be a true love of mine
Love imposes impossible tasks
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Though not more than any heart asks
And I must know she's a true love of mine
Dear, when thou has finished thy task
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Come to me, my hand for to ask
For thou then art a true love of mine
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