She Moved Through the Fair

She Moved Through the Fair - Liz Madden

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

Well he stepped away from me

And he moved through the fair

And fondly I watched him

Move here and move there

And he made his way homeward

With one star awake

And as the swan in the evening

Moves over the lake

Now people were saying

No two were ever wed

But one has a sorrow

That never was ever said

And he smiled as he passed

With his goods and his gear

And that was the last

I saw of my dear

I dreamed last night

My young love came in

So softly he entered

His feet made no din

And he loaded down beside me

And this he did say

It will not be long love

Till our wedding day