FIRST TIME LISTENING TO SIMON & GARFUNKEL SCARBOROUGH FAIR - Reaction video 

The song was about a Scottish soldier who went to war in a foreign land and knew he was going to be killed He asks his former lover to get a piece of land to bury him. The herbs were traditionally buried with corpse and the cambric shirt was a type of seamless linen shroud used way back then Once knowing that the song makes a bit more sense

The song dates from medieval times. Songs contrasting War's hopes and their actual losses always show how things seldom work out.

I love your reaction. You are a beautiful woman :-)

This is based on an old Scottish ballad, dating back to the year 1670 according to Wiki. Basically two songs are being sung. (1) A young man gives the girl a list of impossible tasks to perform for reasons not entirely clear. (2) In response, the girl gives him a list of impossible tasks. Personally, I think the original reasons have been lost. Various versions claim differing reasons for the tasks.