are you going to scarborough fair parsley sage rosemary and thyme remember me to one who lives there for she once was a true love of mine tell her to make me a cambric shirt parsley sage rosemary and thyme without any seam nor needlework and then she ll be a true love of mine tell her to wash it in yonder dry well parsley sage rosemary and thyme which never sprung water nor rain ever fell and then she ll be a true love of mine tell her to dry it on yonder thorn parsley sage rosemary and thyme which never bore blossom since adam was born and then she ll be a true love of mine ask her to do me this courtesy parsley sage rosemary and thyme and ask for a like favour from me and then she ll be a true love of mine have you been to scarborough fair parsley sage rosemary and thyme remember me from one who lives there for he once was a true love of mine ask him to find me an acre of land parsley sage rosemary and thyme between the salt water and the sea sand for then he ll be a true love of mine ask him to plough it with a lamb s horn parsley sage rosemary and thyme and sow it all over with one peppercorn for then he ll be a true love of mine ask him to reap it with a sickle of leather parsley sage rosemary and thyme and gather it up with a rope made of heather for then he ll be a true love of mine when he has done and finished his work parsley sage rosemary and thyme ask him to come for his cambric shirt for then he ll be a true love of mine if you say that you can t then i shall reply parsley sage rosemary and thyme oh let me know that at least you will try or you ll never be a true love of mine love imposes impossible tasks parsley sage rosemary and thyme but none more than any heart would ask i must know you re a true love of mine2