About Scarborough Fair#
Scarborough Fair is an old English ballad with medieval roots, part of a family of songs about impossible tasks set between former lovers. It shares ancestry with “The Elfin Knight,” and the herb refrain of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme has carried through many versions. Its fame today owes a great deal to Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 recording, though the song is centuries older than that.
On a 6-hole ocarina it spans from low C up to high D, using most of the instrument’s range. The melody is modal and a little melancholy, and its stepwise motion makes the wider reaches easier to hit than the range alone suggests.
Scarborough Fair Ocarina Tab#
| DAre | Dyou | Ago- | Aing | Eto | FScar | Eborough | Dfair? | ||
| APars | Cley, | DSage | CRose | Amar | By | Gand | Athyme. | ||
| ARe- | Dmem | Dber | Cme | Ato | Aone | Gwho | Fdoes | Elive | Cthere |
| CShe | Donce | Awas | Ga | Ftrue | Elove | Dof | C- | Dmine |