I heard the song first from Simon & Garfunkel and untangled the actual Scarborough Fair lyrics later, when I got all crazily into Celtic fairy lore.
I thought they were saying "camberick"--when I found out the word was "cambric" I lost some gruntle. They were definitely making it three syllables.
I also thought they said "Tell her to leave it in a sickle-bells ablazing in scarlet gartalion."
I recognized that I was hearing a smooshing of songs, but I still imagined a bush with bells in the shape of sickles, and scarlet leaves, all the while wondering what, exactly, gartalion was.
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Date: 2014-06-21 12:00 am (UTC)I thought they were saying "camberick"--when I found out the word was "cambric" I lost some gruntle. They were definitely making it three syllables.
I also thought they said "Tell her to leave it in a sickle-bells ablazing in scarlet gartalion."
I recognized that I was hearing a smooshing of songs, but I still imagined a bush with bells in the shape of sickles, and scarlet leaves, all the while wondering what, exactly, gartalion was.