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Scarborough Fair

Simon & Garfunkel · 1966

Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel (1966) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Parsely, sage, rosemary and thyme
  • (Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)
  • Without no seams nor needlework
  • (Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains)

Echo the hook

  • Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
  • Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
  • Remember me to one who lives there
  • She once was a true love of mine
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Are youto Scarborough Fair?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Remember me to one whothere

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Without nonor needlework

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

(Sleepsof the clarion call)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Between the saltand the sea strand

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

(Blazing inbattalions)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then she'll be a true love of mine

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Remember me to one who lives there

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Are you ? to Scarborough Fair?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

She once was a ? love of mine

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Without no ? nor needlework

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Tell her to ? me an acre of land

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

(A ? cleans and polishes a gun)

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "sage" in the whole song?

"sage"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "rosemary" in the whole song?

"rosemary"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • (Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains)
  • Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
  • Then she'll be a true love of mine

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • (Blazing in scarlet battalions)
  • Parsely, sage, rosemary, and thyme
  • Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 28

"Scarborough Fair" was released in 1966. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

If you had to summarize "Scarborough Fair" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 30

Compare "Scarborough Fair" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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