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Well, firstly: welcome back!

And now, a great thanks for the link. This is one of my favorite songs to sing "as a drunken pyrate"...

Arghh! You going to Sc-argh-borough faire?

P-argh-sley, sage rose-m-argh-y & t-aye-m!...

Well, you get the idea...

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Thank you Charity!

I had the words and played it on me geetar when I was still young and had a voice....

Thank you for the site and the history is very interesting.

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If any of y'all are ever in the vicinity of Waxahachie, Texas, I highly recommend this Scarborough Faire:http://www.scarboroughrenfest.com/

Enjoy,

The Pirate King

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Fallering' links from the "Songs of the Sea "site, it seems that the song be evolvin' from one 'o the Childs ballads called 'the Elfin Knight". Lyrics has ta do wi' a lass doin' impossible tasks ta keep from bein' married off. T'was an interestin' read.

PIRATES!  Because ye can't do epic shyte wi' normal people.

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I have many fond memories of that place. Too bad, they're all far behind me. Some of them include camping out, shame they don't do that anymore!

OOps! That was my outside voice;)!

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If any of y'all are ever in the vicinity of Waxahachie, Texas, I highly recommend this Scarborough Faire:http://www.scarboroughrenfest.com/

Enjoy,

The Pirate King

www.ThePirateKing.com

YAY! i grew up in Waxahachie! :lol: but sadly, never got the chance to go to the Faire :lol: drats, and i had a childhood friend who loved to play a Scottish Wench there as well. *sigh* maybe one day.. i miss the place sorely.

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my boyfriend goes to school in Scarborough, and the first time i went to see him, i think i was there just after the little thing they still have to commemorate the actual fair

i wish i could've gone, just to say i had =p

anyway, thanks for the history on this song :)

Scarborough is a lovely town, it's quiet and full of old people, but it's really nice. The ocean, of course, lots of trees =p

http://www.scarborough.co.uk/

if you want to see the town as it is today, there's its website :)

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Thank you Blue Puppy for the website. I have it booked marked. And it was a great find for me too, because the website also include a section on the Bronte sisters.

Perhaps one day I will get to go there to Scarborough. I will put it on me wish list for sure.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

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