ARE YOU GOING TO SCARBOROUGH FAIR....
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1. About the song: the arrangement made famous by Simon and Garfunkel's Scarborough Fair/Canticle originated in the late 19th century.
Paul Simon learned it in 1965 in London from Martin Carthy and set it in counterpoint with Canticle, a reworking of Simon's 1963 song The Side Of a Hill with new, anti-war lyrics.
It was the title track of the 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, and was released as a single after featuring on the soundtrack to The Graduate in 1968.
2. About the Fair: during late medieval times the seaside resort of Scarborough was an important venue for tradesmen from all over England.
It was host to a huge forty-five day trading event, starting August 15, which was exceptionally long for a fair in those times.
People from all over England, and even some from the continent, came to Scarborough to engage in business.
The traditional 'Scarborough Fair' no longer exists but a number of low key celebrations take place every September to mark the original event.
This is the children's Fair at the foot of Scarborough Castle Hill, in the evening light, next to the harbour.
Have a fair day and thank you for your comments, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Fair, evening, Wheel, silhouettes, male, man, sunset, sky, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, skyline, colour, horizontal, Nikon D7000, "Magda indigo"
ARE YOU GOING TO SCARBOROUGH FAIR....
#AbFav_HOLIDAYS_✈️
1. About the song: the arrangement made famous by Simon and Garfunkel's Scarborough Fair/Canticle originated in the late 19th century.
Paul Simon learned it in 1965 in London from Martin Carthy and set it in counterpoint with Canticle, a reworking of Simon's 1963 song The Side Of a Hill with new, anti-war lyrics.
It was the title track of the 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, and was released as a single after featuring on the soundtrack to The Graduate in 1968.
2. About the Fair: during late medieval times the seaside resort of Scarborough was an important venue for tradesmen from all over England.
It was host to a huge forty-five day trading event, starting August 15, which was exceptionally long for a fair in those times.
People from all over England, and even some from the continent, came to Scarborough to engage in business.
The traditional 'Scarborough Fair' no longer exists but a number of low key celebrations take place every September to mark the original event.
This is the children's Fair at the foot of Scarborough Castle Hill, in the evening light, next to the harbour.
Have a fair day and thank you for your comments, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Fair, evening, Wheel, silhouettes, male, man, sunset, sky, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, skyline, colour, horizontal, Nikon D7000, "Magda indigo"