She Moved Thro' The Fair Lyrics - John Mcdermott

My young love said to me 

"My mother won't mind 

And my father won't slight you 

For your lack of kind" 

And she stepp'd away from me 

And this she did say 

"It will not be long, love 

Till our wedding day" 

She stepp'd away from me 

And went thro' the fair 

And fondly I watch'd her 

Move here and move there 

And then she went homeward 

With one star awake 

As the swan in the evening 

Moves over the lake 

The people were saying 

That no two e'er were wed 

And one had a sorrow 

That never was said 

And I smiled as she passed 

With her goods and her gear 

And that was the last 

That I saw my dear 

Last night she came to me 

She came softly in 

So softly she came 

That her feet made no din 

And she placed her hand on me 

And this she did say 

"Oh, it will not be long, love 

Till our wedding day"