What's the story of Scarborough Fair?

A couple broke up for some reason. The man invited a man who was going to Scarborough Fair to send a message to the woman, asking her to make him a dress with parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. There can be no seams and stitches on clothes. You should wash them in a place without water and dry them on thorns before you can make up. Such an impossible request is obviously beyond one's ability.

So women responded to men in the same way. She asked the messenger to tell the man to buy a piece of land between the sea and the beach, plow it with a horn and sprinkle it with pepper. When the peppers are ready, harvest them with a sickle, tie them with peacock feathers, and finish the wall. Only in this way can they make up.

Extended data

In the second, third and fourth paragraphs of the song, there is an obscure voice singing another set of lyrics at the end of each sentence. The lyrics of the chorus were written by Simon, and the melody was written by garfinkel. At the beginning, the chorus was like a bleak yellow sky in autumn, quietly telling all kinds of sufferings and hardships in the war.

This makes this Scarborough Fair not only a sad love song, but also a sharp anti-war song. The content of that set of lyrics is about a war. Combined with the background at that time, it may be related to opposing the Vietnam War.