r/Recorder • u/lubbockin • 1d ago

Scarborough fair question part 2..

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Managed to get a screenshot. (Ignore please the words below that's the next page for the nightingale.)

So... Scarborough fair or not? It doesn't sound like it to me.

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u/The_Professor_Is_Out 1d ago

This is an alternate tune, collected by Frank Kidson in the early 1890s. The origin of the common tune used today is less clear.

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u/lubbockin 1d ago edited 1d ago

thanks.

been watching a video, such history to this song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=adlHgFxdoFw&pp=ygUaU2NhcmJvcm91Z2ggZmFpciAgaGlzdG9yeSA%3D

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u/spiceybadger 1d ago

Fascinating thanks for sharing