She Moved Through the Fair

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 stepped away from me

and this she did say

it will not be long love

'till our wedding day

She stepped away from me

and she moved through the fair

and fondly I watched her

move here and move there

And when she went homeward

with one star awake

as the swan in the evening

moves over the lake

Last night she came to me

and she came softly in

so softly she came that

her feet made no din

And she laid her hand on me

and this she did say

it will not be long love

'till our wedding day

It will not be long love

'till our wedding day

If I were an eagle

and had wings to fly

I would fly to my loves castle

and it's there I would lie

On that bed of green ivy

I would lay myself down

And it's with my two fond wings

I would my love surround

And it's with my two fond wings

I would my love surround