She Moved Through The Fair

Oh, my young love said to me

"My mother won't marry me

And my father won't slide in

For your lack of kind"

As she moved halfway from me

These words she did say

"It will not be long

Till now I'm wedded to you"

All the people were saying

That now two were wedded

And that one has the sorrow

That never was said

I smiled as she passed me

With her goods and her gear

Ah, but that was the last that

I saw of my dear

As she moved away from me

She moved through the fair

So fondly I watched her

Move here and move there

As she moved halfway homeward

With one star awake

Like the swan in the evening

Moves over the lake

I dreamt it last night

That my sweet love was coming

So softly she came

That her feet made no din

I sat there close beside her

And this she did say

"It will not be long

Till now I'm wedded to you"