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 love's 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