This song's refrain derives from variant 2G in the Child catalog of the song "The Elfin Knight," which also echoes this song's request to "make me a cambric shirt."
This song's refrain derives from variant 2G in the Child catalog of the song "The Elfin Knight," which also echoes this song's request to "make me a cambric shirt." Martin Carthy's arrangement of this song was used without acknowledgement for a 1966 recording that paired it with a "Canticle." A variant of this song asks the addressee to "see for me if her hair's hanging long" and describes a place "where the winds hit heavy on the borderline." The lyrics of this song, which inspired Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country," asks the addressee to (*) "remember me to one who lives there / for she was once a true lover of mine." For 10 points, name this traditional English folk ballad that contains the refrain "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme," and was popularized by Simon and Garfunkel.
This song's refrain derives from variant 2G in the Child catalog of the song "The Elfin Knight," which also echoes this song's request to "make me a cambric shirt."
"Scarborough Fair" [accept "Girl from the North Country" before "Girl"]