A Little Research on Scarborough Fair
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Yesterday, I decided to perform a little research on Scarborough Fair, that
is reading the Wikipedia entry about it. Why do such a thing?
Well, I'd listened to Puccini's Nessun Dorma from his opera Turandot.
I like Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi from La Boheme, and it reminds me of
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina. So, I wanted to listen to that song, too.
I found on YouTube that Sarah Brightman performs it. Later, I found her
cover version for Scarborough Fair, a famous song by Simon and Garfunkel.
That reminded me of a question I had found on Quora: "What cover versions
of songs are better than the original one?". Since Scarborough Fair is
a traditional English ballad, it is a bit difficult to determine what
the term "original version" means here.
So, I ducked[1] it, and found in Wikipedia that the first recorded 
version using Simon and Garfunkel's melody was performed by Audrey
Coppard in 1956. Bingo! I found the original version based on both
lyrics and melody. And Sarah Brightman's performance is by far better
than Audrey Coppard's. So, I can publish it as an answer to the question.
 
[1] Search with the DuckDuckGo engine.