"The Cambric Shirt" is a British ballad dating to the 17th Century that was chronicled by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century. The song is titled "The Elfin Knight" in Child's collection - "The Cambric Shirt" being one of many names of the many variations on the song. The "Scarborough/Whittingham Fair" variant was most common in Yorkshire and Northumbria, where it was sung to various melodies. The references to the traditional English gathering "Scarborough Fair"

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