She Moved Through The Fair
My young love said to me, "My mother won't mindAnd my father won't slight you for your lack of kind"And she stepped away from me and this she did sayIt will not be long, love, till our wedding day"
As she stepped away from me and she moved through the fairAnd fondly I watched her move here and move thereAnd then she turned homeward with one star awakeLike the swan in the evening moves over the lake
The people were saying no two e'er were wedBut one had a sorrow that never was saidAnd I smiled as she passed with her goods and her gearAnd that was the last time that I saw of my dear
The people were saying no two e'er were wedBut one had a sorrow that never was saidAnd I smiled as she passed with her goods and her gearAnd that was the last time that I saw of my dear
Last night she came to me my dead love came inSo softly she came that her feet made no dinAs she laid her hand on me and this she did say"It will not be long, love, till our wedding day"