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Did Paul Simon steal the song Scarborough Fair from Martin Carthy?

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Did Paul Simon steal the song Scarborough Fair from Martin Carthy?

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No. Paul Simon learnt the song from Martin Carthy, and went on to have a massive worldwide hit with it – but Paul Simon has never claimed authorship, nor collected a writer’s royalty on the song. The source for this is Martin Carthy himself, in a letter to fRoots (no. 254/255, August/September 2004).

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