She Moved Through the Fair Lyrics

My young love said to me

My mother won't mind

And my father won't slight you

For your lack of kind

And he stepped away from me

And this he did say

It will not be long, love

Till our wedding day

He stepped away from me

And went through the fair

And fondly I watched him

Move here and there

And then he went homeward

With one star awake

As the sun in the evening

Moves over the lake

The people were saying

No two were ever wed

But one had a sorrow

That never was said

And I smiled as he passed

With his goods and his gear

And that was the last

That I saw of my dear

Last night he came to me

He came softly

So softly he came that

His feet made no din

And he laid his hand on me

And this he did say

It will not be long, love

Till our wedding day