Scarborough Fair

作者:RNSandi  于 2010-5-31 01:21 发表于 最热闹的华人社交网络--贝壳村

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This song dates to the Elizabethan era, though its melody may have roots reaching back a century or more before the Renaissance. "Scarborough Fair" is a so-called riddle song and was revived by Simon & Garfunkel in the twentieth century. Its text has appeared in many different versions, though most are close and share the central elements of the riddle. This is one of the few songs whose mysterious text has drawn more attention than its music. That said, the music has charm in its mixture of elegance and Renaissance-era reserve, in its quasi-stoic manner and folk-ish color. Though the melodic material is fairly complex in its seemingly wandering manner, it is the text that is rife with complexity. Throughout its eight verses, one line appears, "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," as a young man gives his former sweetheart five difficult, if not impossible tasks to demonstrate her love for him. But does he really want her back, or she him? Traditional song mavens will have to listen to this charming effort for possible answers. To offer a hint regarding the meaning behind the four herbs, each is associated in some way with love and reproductive abilities.

Are you going to Scarborough fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
He once was a true love of mine

Tell him to make me a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Without no seam nor needlework
Then he'll be a true love of mine

Tell him to find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Between the salt water and the sea strand
Then he'll be a true love of mine

Have him reap it with a sickle of leather.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Gather it up in a bunch of heather.
Then he'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
He once was a true love of mine

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4 回复 犀利哥 2010-5-31 01:25
SF
1 回复 犀利哥 2010-5-31 01:28
伤感ing
2 回复 RNSandi 2010-5-31 01:29
犀利哥: 伤感ing
He once was a true love of mine......
2 回复 犀利哥 2010-5-31 01:32
RNSandi: He once was a true love of mine......
" change what you can, accept what you can't "
2 回复 珍惜眼前 2010-5-31 02:27
犀利哥: 伤感ing
Feeling the same... we' re on the same boat.
4 回复 方方头 2010-5-31 03:25
Together these four spices can be a love charm.
cool. I have two of them :) I'd like to find two more
Liked this song very much.
still like it
4 回复 RNSandi 2010-5-31 03:26
方方头: Together these four spices can be a love charm.
cool. I have two of them :) I'd like to find two more
Liked this song very much.
still like it
loving it~
1 回复 犀利哥 2010-5-31 07:09
珍惜眼前: Feeling the same... we' re on the same boat.
3 回复 John1400 2010-5-31 07:45
喜欢,very much.
2 回复 户人 2010-5-31 08:48
喜欢Sarah的声音,如同天籁之声。也喜欢Simon & Garfunkel 的原唱,和《毕业生》中的Dustin Hoffman。
1 回复 枫树下 2010-5-31 10:13
巧了,几年前也写过介绍这首歌的文字。好听!
4 回复 tanghan 2010-5-31 10:45
不喜欢sarah演唱的版本,不够深沉,过于纤细。最初我第一次听这首歌的时候,脑子里全是MM的倩影:低头摆弄衣角的定格;分手一年后偶然听走廊里别的寝室里飘出这首歌,我就呆住,端着洗衣盆站着不动,脑子里还是MM的倩影:大眼睛看着我,泪珠扑打扑打掉。那时节我恨不得自己马上碎尸万断......
2 回复 穿鞋的蜻蜓 2010-5-31 11:08
tanghan: 不喜欢sarah演唱的版本,不够深沉,过于纤细。最初我第一次听这首歌的时候,脑子里全是MM的倩影:低头摆弄衣角的定格;分手一年后偶然听走廊里别的寝室里飘出这
calm down...
4 回复 越湖 2010-5-31 11:39
也许是先入为主的缘故,觉得Simon 和 Garfunkel 好些,富有感情。
5 回复 tanghan 2010-5-31 12:18
穿鞋的蜻蜓: calm down...
早就down了。要是等到今天,还能有我吗?我说的是原唱能动我心魄的,sarah做不到,象是在演戏。
2 回复 John1400 2010-5-31 12:53
Scarborough Fair 的中文版俺收集在俺的音乐盒里,欢迎去听,无点送,请阅读明白再走。
3 回复 LUG 2010-5-31 17:46
He once was a true love of mine
1 回复 小小.. 2010-6-1 09:03
小小也收藏了几个不同的版本~~
5 回复 春秋飞雪 2010-6-1 10:45
It is still one of my favorites. The melody still sounds very good to me. It also reminds me "Mrs. Robinson"
Thanks.
3 回复 lxd840220 2010-6-2 13:01
谢谢太好听了
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