I used to play the guitar in boozy smoked-filled folk clubs in the ‘60’s. One of the songs that was popular was Scarborough Fair, a 400 year old English ballad, arranged by guitar player Martin Carthy. Paul Simon pinched the arrangement to use on one of his albums – well, we all did, but Paul Simon committed the cardinal sin of being successful and making money out of it.

Here is the delectable Sarah Brightman singing the song with echoes of Martin Carthy’s arrangement still wafting through the lush orchestration. I have to confess, she looks a lot better than any of us.