Remember Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme?

Simon and Garfunkel released the album, Parlsey, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in the U S A in October 1966. Paul Simon had been living and working in the UK in the early 1960s, and had learnt the folk song from Martin Carthy.
In 1968 the songs from the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album were used as the sound track for the film The Graduate ,the Mike Nicholls film starring Anne Bancroft in which Dustin Hoffman first gained fame. Paul Simon alone was attributed as the author of the song Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in the copyright for the movie, and Martin Carthy was very unhappy about this injustice.
In recent years the two have been reconciled, with Martin Carthy joining Paul Simon to perform the song in 2000 on stage in London.
I bought all of Simon and Garfunkel's albums- they were the soundtrack to many happy memories for me during the late 1960s and the 1970s.
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, as sung by Sinom and Garfunkel is still, in my opinion, an absolute classic!
Listen to the video on YouTube below to remind yourself, then buy the album for old time's sake.

I have seen Martin Carthy performing live more than any other performer!
From Martin Carthy's first album in 1965, right down to today, Martin Carthy has been a pivotal figure in the folk revival. Awarded an MBE by the Queen for his services to music, Martin Carthy has played as a solo artist and with other great folk muscians for 40 years, and is still going strong.
He has played in Steeleye Span, with Dave Swarbick on many occasions, in the Albion Band, Brass Monkey and other great collaborations.
I last saw Martin Carthy in 2009 in Waterson;Carthy- a great folk combination, with his wife, Norma Waterson, herself from folk royalty, the Waterson family, their daughter Eliza Carthy, and Saul Rose.
Martin Carthy was very unhappy when Paul Simon alone was credited with the copyright of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in 1968. This rift has now been healed.
Scarbrough Fair, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme has now been recorded by over 50 artists- thanks to Martn Carthy for first bringing Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme to a worldwide audience

Bob Dylan visited England for the first time in 1962. Whilst in London he became involved the the folk music scene, meeting and listening to many British folks singers, including Martin Carthy, who were reviving the old British folk songs and bringing them to a new audience ( including me!). Bob Dylan is quoted as saying " Martin Carthy is incredible. I learned a lot of stuff from Martin "
Bob Dylan drew on these folks songs in his early writings, and used elements of Scarbrough Fair, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, for his song "Girl from the North Country", including the famous line,"Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine"The tune for Girl from the North Country is basically the same as Scarborogh Fair, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Bob Dylan released Girl from the North Country in 1963 as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan later recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in 1969, and the new version the first track on Nashville Skyline.
I loved all the early Bob Dylan albums, but never bought any of them myself.
However, when I met my future husband in 1972, I found that he had all the Bob Dylan albums in his collection, so when our album collections were married in 1973, we had a really great album library!