Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel | Reaction

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[@CarolineIsahAlways]

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[@christophernichols1379]

Rhythm, and poetry.

[@R_McGeddon117]

The song was about a Scottish soldier who went to war in a foreign land and knew he was going to be killed
He asks his former lover to get a piece of land to bury him. The herbs were traditionally buried with corpse and the cambric shirt was a type of seamless linen shroud used way back then
Once knowing that the song makes a bit more sense

[@CarolineIsahAlways]

Ohk.... thank you so much. You just made it more beautiful for me to understand. 💯

[@christinedorman3383]

@Caroline Thanks you for your reaction. There are two songs being sung simultaneously. "Scarborough Fair" is an English folk song. The narrator is asking the person he is speaking to to "remember him to" this woman he once considered his true love and he says she should prove her love for him by performing impossible tasks. Some interpretations say that the narrator is making this request as he is dying. There are other interpretations as well. The other song that Simon and Garfunkel are singing simultaneously is called "Canticle." Its lyric is from an earlier Paul Simon song, "On the Side of a Hill." It is said that Art Garfunkel wrote the melody for it to combine it with "Scarborough Fair." The technique of playing / singing two different melodies simultaneously is called counterpoint. "Canticle" is an anti-war song. Putting it together with "Scarborough Fair" is quite powerful Here's why.
1) People away at a war of course want to be remembered back home, especially by their beloved.
2) This record came out during the Vietnam War. There was considerable controversy in the U.S. about the war. Many felt the U.S. shouldn't be involved in it and this comes out, I think, in two ways (at least) in the song. Both have to do with remembering. People who were against the war projected their anger onto those who were fighting it (most had been drafted / conscripted into it). Americans needed to remember these young people who were suffering and dying in service to their country. Secondly, since the war wasn't fought in the U.S., it could be ignored. People needed to remember that people--soldiers and everyday Vietnamese people, including children--were being killed daily.
3) In the Middle Ages in England and some other places, each herb and flower had a symbolic meaning. Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme (the refrain) are all members of the mint family. Mint symbolizes remembrance. So, the lyric keeps saying "remember, remember, remember."
I find this song both beautiful and haunting. As you said, Simon and Garfunkel and their songs are deep. A last note, most of their songs were written by Paul Simon (not Art Garfunkel), who is the dark-haired guy of the duo.
All the best. 🌻😀🌻

[@CarolineIsahAlways]

Thank you so much for enlightening me. I appreciate

[@debbieverret4033]

The canticle is the part at the bottom. Best song they ever sang, its my favorite.

[@CarolineIsahAlways]

Ok, I will check it out

[@Bjowolf2]

Paul Simon on the Muppet Show in the 70s as a troubadour walking around with his lute in a medieval English fair while attempting to sing this very beautiful old English song 😂
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Amazingly he didn't crack up, but he came close a couple of times, I think 😉

[@CarolineIsahAlways]

Wow