A bazaar – Scarborough Bazaar
Text: Bamboo fence edge (Pan Shusen); about 5200 words
Audio and video: Bamboo fence (Pan Shusen); about 10 minutes
Outline:
Scarborough
Scarborough Market
Scarborough Bazaar
My "Scarborough Bazaar" Audio and Video (Highlights)
Scarborough Bazaar Three Editions Three Legends (Emphasis)
Which version is fictional?
One. Scarborough
Scarborough, a city in the United Kingdom, is located on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. The emergence of this city is very legendary, because it is the product of pirates. Earliest, from the 8th to the 11th century AD, there were people living along the nordic coast who lived on the coast of Europe and the islands of Britain and even the interior of Europe, and people at that time called them "Vikings" (some people directly called them "Vikings"). About a thousand years ago, the Vikings landed in a bay in present-day North Yorkshire in northwest England, so it became a stronghold of the Vikings in North Yorkshire and throughout England, and gradually developed into a small town, "Scarborough".
Pirate ships used by nordic Vikings in the 8th-11th centuries AD (photographed by me in Norway)
Viking Ship (Web Download)
The present-day town of Scarborough (download online)
Two. Scablo's Bazaar
In the town of Dafan, there will always be a market. The market can be divided into three types: long-term, regular and irregular. Long-term suitable for larger cities, regular suitable for exquisite towns. Scarboro, as a pirate stronghold, should not be large - in fact, even in the 21st century, its population is only a little more than 50,000, which shows how small it was in the first place. According to this, its bazaars should be regular. In fact, that's exactly what it is. However, what is different is that its "regular" is very special: it is not set on the 135th or 246th of each month, but on the 15th of August to the end of September of each year.
We can imagine that in the ten and a half months from the beginning of October to the fifteenth of August, Scarborough was no market, silent, and deserted; but in the middle of August, Scarboro, which had been dormant for nearly a year, gradually boiled over, and the long-accumulated enthusiasm might erupt into a carnival in this month and a half. Whether pirates or non-pirates, how many colorful stories should be staged in this time period through the people coming and going in the market, shouting and trading?
Three. Scarborough Bazaar
However, in the 21st century, what makes scarborough a town famous is not the pirates who make waves, nor the crowded bazaar, but the "Scarborough Bazaar" with the title of the book.
"Scarborough Bazaar" was originally an ancient folk riddle. Riddle songs are songs that play riddles. This kind of riddle song is found in many places around the world; of course, there are many in China, especially ethnic minorities, such as many of the pairs in the movie "Liu Sanjie" are riddle songs. The Scarborough Bazaar probably originated in the thirteenth century. Because of its beautiful melody and mysterious riddle form, it has been popular since its inception. It's been sung and it's been renovated, so today it has many versions; today we don't know who its first author was or what its first version was like.
Sarah Brightman sings "Scarborough Bazaar" (downloaded online)
Four. My "Scarborough Bazaar" Audio and Video (Highlights)
I made an audio video of Scarborough Bazaar. Lyrics, I chose the classic "Simon version", the alternative "Simon anti-war version" and the autobiographical "Jones version". For the music, I chose the pipe version, the harmonica version, and the female (Carol) chant version, which corresponded to the three versions of the lyrics in turn. View, the part corresponding to the "Simon Anti-War Edition", I downloaded the American movie "Angry Ardenne" from the Internet and edited it; the part corresponding to the "Simon Version" and the "Jones Edition", I did not speculate, all using some gadgets I had shot in recent years - of course, when I filmed these gadgets before, the purpose was not to accumulate information for today's audio and video production, so it is difficult to achieve a perfect match between lyrics and tunes, only "make-up". And due to the poor level of software use, the production process has many mistakes, such as the size of the lyrics subtitles is different, and the connection between different views is relatively blunt... All of this should be covered by all readers. [Assortment]
Next, please click, look over, over the ear (dare not say to appreciate [smile]):
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Five. Scarborough Bazaar Three Editions Three Legends (Emphasis)
Three different lyrics appear in the above audio and video. As I said earlier, there are far more than three versions of the lyrics; here are just three.
Each version of it can be said to be a legend, corresponding to a story.
1. Simon Version
lyrics:
Are you going to Scarborough Market? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, greeted a man there on my behalf, who had been my lover.
Ask him to make me a sackcloth shirt, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, with no stitches or needles and threads on it, so that he is my true lover.
Tell him to find a piece of land for me, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, right between the saltwater and the sea, so that he will be my true lover.
Tell him to harvest with a leather sickle, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, and tie the harvested heather into a bunch, so that he will be my true lover.
Are you going to Scarborough Market? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, greeted on my behalf to a man there who had been my lover.
Simon, also known as Paul Simon, is the lyricist of this edition.
This version, its legend has both melodic origins and lyrics understanding. The former, including a brief introduction to Simon, is said in the next section, and this section only talks about the latter, the lyrics.
As long as you pay attention, you can feel that this version of the lyrics, vaguely revealing a layer of mysterious fantasy color. The second sentence of each verse is exactly the same, "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme", feeling spring and full of life. But this understanding is actually not very harmonious with the context. Many people also say that these four flowers and plants symbolize love, strength, loyalty and courage in Northern Europe. This understanding, of course, is very positive, but it is only looking at its symbolic significance in isolation and disconnection. If you look at it together, it is said that the combination of these four flowers and herbs is actually the formula of the early European witches, the amulet against evil spirits, and the later European abortion pill formula is also these four things: it seems to be related to death or the defense against death. In this way, the repeated appearance of this lyric is not a simple "positive" word that can be fully explained.
Sage (web download)
As I said earlier, Scarborough Bazaar is a folk riddle. If you are not reminded, you generally do not feel the existence of its "mystery" taste, and at most you feel a little confused. The "Enigma" is set in the middle of three sections. "Ask him to make a sackcloth shirt for me", this is normal, abnormal is "there is no sewing on it, nor needle and thread"; "ask him to find a piece of land for me", this can be done, what can not be done is "between the salty water and the sea"; "tie the harvested heather into a bunch", this is easy to do, the bad thing is to "tell him to harvest with a leather sickle". Let the other party do something that some people can't do, is this still called love? This is to make the heart bad, and resolutely not to love.
Not really. The things mentioned above can still be achieved under certain conditions, that is, being in Hades- isn't it? Whoever is a ghost can do anything without being restricted by natural conditions. This is the mystery of this song. The "I" in the lyrics should be deceased, separated from the yin and yang of his former lover; "I" miss it to the extreme, thinking that if he also becomes a ghost, then "I" can be together again, so "I" hope that he can complete those seemingly impossible things, because if he can complete those things, then he must also come to Hades, and he can come to "me". One might say: Is this love? This girl is also too selfish, right? The "I" in the lyrics, or the creator of the lyrics, is not so unbearable. The first two verses of the lyrics are exactly the same, just asking others to carry a sentence, greeting him for "I", telling him, "He is my former lover", no matter where "I" am, the thoughts of "I" will not be extinguished. The reason why those strange thoughts appear in the middle verses is not really to hope that the lover will also go to Hades, but only to express the unwavering love until death.
2. Simon Anti-War Edition
Deep in the green forest, beside the hill
Follow the line of footprints left by the sparrow on the snow
Find a mountain child under the blanket
He slept soundly and could not hear the clarion call of the march down the hill
The hillsides are sparsely leafy
Torrential tears washed the earth
A soldier was wiping a gun in his hand
The battle was fierce, and the red-clad soldiers rushed to the enemy position
The general ordered the soldiers to kill the enemy
The purpose of the war has long been forgotten
In fact, this is the lyrics of the anti-war song "On the Hillside" written by Paul Simon in 1965. Paul Simon was an American, and the United States was experiencing the Vietnam War; Simon was anti-war, so he wrote the song. "On the Hillside" was originally a separate existence and had nothing to do with "Scarborough Bazaar". The person who linked the two was Simon. After completing the creation of "On the Hillside," Simon was tasked with composing an interlude for the film The Graduate. "The Graduate" depicts the love experience of a college graduate and reflects the growth of young people, so Simon chose the melody of the ancient English folk song "Scarborough Bazaar" that he had recently learned from the British folk singer Martin Cassie. This melody is irresistible to any music lover or practitioner. Simon retained the melody, but re-created the lyrics of the original folk song, the result of which was the "Simon version" of the previous section. However, his "re-creation" still follows the "background color" of the original lyrics, that is, the recurring "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme" and the characteristics of the riddle song.
Although it is a "re-creation", at most it is just a new lyric version of the Already numerous lyric versions of Scarborough Bazaar. Simon's success, or rather his whimsy, is that he actually embedded his previous "On the Hillside" as a chorus, in the "Scarborough Bazaar" that he had just "filled in", so that people can faintly feel the anti-war mood in the chorus of harmony while enjoying the main song of the mysterious song of love. This greatly increases the tension of the song. What kind of picture does it show us? Between fierce battles, one of the warriors looked at the flowers and grasses left in the smoke and remembered the girl in his heart in the distance. He knew he was going to die in battle and would never see the girl again. If someone can go back alive, be sure to tell her that I love her forever. However, if she dies of any accident, then we can see each other again, and she will become my eternal lover. But why die? How I long to be alive...
Gun (me at Prague Castle, Czech Republic)
Some people say that love, war, and death are the three eternal themes of literature (or "human society"), and Simon cleverly melts the three themes into a music of just a few minutes and presents them on the screen, with humor and humor in the midst of misery, and no lack of sublime sanctity in sorrow and despair.
However, I made the above audio and video, and without greeting Simon ([Ya Ya]), I stripped his "On the Hillside" from the chorus and matched it with the main theme of "Scarborough Bazaar", thus becoming self-contained and independent again - regardless of whether the melody and lyrics matched or not. In fact, after the release of "The Graduate" and great success, many people covered his "Scarborough Bazaar", including Sarah Brightman, but their cover songs basically did not appear in the harmony "On the Hillside"; if it was pure music, it would be even less so. The reason why I made "On the Hillside" independent here is only because I was infected by the anti-war spirit in the lyrics.
3. Jones Edition
I need to go to Scarborough Bazaar. Parsley sage rosemary and thyme. Will you still come over and open the door? You are my former lover.
I'll go to Scarborough Market. Parsley sage rosemary and thyme. Do you blow up the bagpipes to welcome? You are my former lover.
I was going to Scarborough Bazaar. Parsley sage rosemary and thyme. Have you forgotten to write a letter every day? You are my former lover.
I'm not going to Scarborough Market anymore. Parsley sage rosemary and thyme. As long as I don't open that door, you are my eternal lover.
This lyrics are written by April Jones. Jones is an amateur singer who lives in Kilmarnock on the west coast of England. Jones's boyfriend, Saxon Benson, a literary editor at a magazine, lives not far offshore on the Isle of Arran. They met during a cycling race around Aaron Island. On that occasion, Jones accidentally fell, fractured his left arm, and Benson, who happened to pass by, knew a little about surgery and immediately decided to abandon the game; he gave Jones a simple treatment and escorted her to the hospital. Since then, Jones and Benson have become a couple of lovers.
Ride the Isle of Aaron (web download. The person in the picture has nothing to do with the content of this article)
Since one of them was in England and the other was on the outlying islands, they could only get together on weekends, and the rest of the time they could only make phone calls. Jones grew up in an orphanage, and she cherished and enjoyed the feeling. As soon as she picked up the phone, she didn't want to put it down. She felt that life had never been so good.
However, perhaps because he was an orphan since childhood, Jones was not in good health and often fell ill. At one point, she joked with Benson: "Ben, if I went to heaven, what would you pick as a souvenir?" Benson said, "If that's the case, I just want you one thing." Jones asked what it was, and Benson said, "Your phone, and the card number." Jones looked confused.
Benson said, "I can still dial your phone." As long as Scarborough Bazaar is ringing, you will feel that you will answer it right away, and the bell can represent you. That way, it will feel like you're still there. At that time, Jones's phone rang as Scarborough Bazaar.
Joneston burst into tears.
They had planned to get married on Christmas 2010. However, about half a year ago, they went to Edinburgh for a road trip, and unfortunately there was a car accident on the road, and Benson died on the spot. Jones suffered only minor injuries.
Later, it was Jones who left Benson's cell phone and card number. She often called Benson's phone. After dialing out, she would listen to the ringtone at that end for a while, but only quietly for a short while, and in less than 10 seconds, she would take the initiative to hang up, because she was afraid that there would be a cold "No one answered your phone"; then, she would say to herself, "Ben, haven't you gotten up yet?" Or "Ben, fell asleep so early?" Or "Aren't you happy?" ”...... Sometimes, Jones would blame Benson for breaking his word: he hadn't called for so long.
On Christmas Eve, singer Jones "filled in the words" for the first time in his life, filling out the "I'm going" version of "Scarborough Bazaar". The next day, Christmas, which was supposed to be the day of her wedding to Benson, she invited some of her friends and Benson to arrange a Christmas dinner. She played the guitar while singing her "Scarborough Bazaar" During the singing, she had a smile on the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were full of tears. My friends burst into tears.
Two years later, a reporter asked Jones, "Why is your Scarborough Bazaar 'writing a letter' instead of a 'phone call'?" She said: "Ben likes classical literature, and 'calling' is not as traditional as 'writing a letter'." As lyrics, I think, Ben would have preferred 'writing letters'. ”
The lyrics are divided into four stanzas. The second sentence of each stanza has not changed, inheriting the traditional "parsley sage rosemary and thyme"; the last sentence of each verse has remained largely unchanged, the first three verses are "You are my former lover", but the last verse becomes "You are my eternal lover"; the first sentence of each verse changes only at the beginning of the sentence, from "I need to go" (intend to go) to "I am going" (I am going to go), and then to "I am going" (already on the road), and the last verse has a sharp turn of 180 degrees, suddenly becoming "I am not going". Why is there such a sudden change? This is followed by "As long as I don't open the door, you are my eternal lover", which we can understand as follows: As long as I don't open the door, then I can continue to have the illusion that the lover is in the room behind the door, or at work, or listening to music, or enjoying the blue sky on the balcony - as long as I do not break this illusion myself, he is my eternal lover. The "eternity" here should mean that you accept the fact that your lover has passed away forever, and express your eternal love for your lover.
Six. Which version is fictional
Clever you, which of the three lyric versions (Simon's version, Simon's anti-war version, and Jones's version) and their captions are fictional? Why?
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