50+ Music<p>"Scarborough Fair" (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Roud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roud</span></a> 12, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Child</span></a> 2) is a traditional <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a>. The song lists a number of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/impossibleTasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impossibleTasks</span></a> given to a former lover who lives in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ScarboroughNorthYorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScarboroughNorthYorkshire</span></a>. The "Scarborough/Whittingham Fair" variant was most common in Yorkshire and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Northumbria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Northumbria</span></a>, where it was sung to various melodies, often using <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DorianMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DorianMode</span></a>, with refrains resembling "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parsley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parsley</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sage</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rosemary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rosemary</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/thyme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thyme</span></a>". <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUf5VQaaIV4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=MUf5VQaaIV</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>