SCARBOROUGH FAIR by K.I.A. (A TRUE DUB OF MINE)
Scarborough Fair by K.I.A. is and ambient / chill out version of the traditional song “Scarborough Fair” (also covered by Simon & Garfunkel and countless others.)
The song is especially good on headphones for the hypnotic spatial mix.
The song in on the DXLR8 downtempo album featuring 13 ambient, chant, and chill songs by K.I.A. as well as Shinjuku Zulu.
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Traditional lyrics (full — the ones that appear in the K.I.A. version of Scarborough Fair are highlighted):
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
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
(On the side of a hill, in the deep forest green)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested ground)
Without no seams nor needle work
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
Tell her to find me an acre of land
(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
Between the salt water and the sea strands
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather
(War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions)
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
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