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Chris Bonds <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:02:53 -0600
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Richard Todd wrote:

>Scarborough Fair is indeed an old English traditional song, but I've
>alsways assumed that the tune used by S&G was written by or for them.
>It doesn't sound the least bit traditional to me.

Believe it or not, their version is pretty much straight off one of the
versions in the Bronson collection I mentioned in my last post.  Of course
they interleave it with "Canticle" the genesis of which I am not sure; it
may be a Simon original.

Chris Bonds

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