He Moved Through The Fair
Trad. Lyrics, Arr. by Rising Gael

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 form me
And this he did say
It will not be long love
Till our wedding day

CHO
And 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
As the swan in the evening
Moves over the lake

The people were saying
No two were a-wed
But that one had a sorrow
That never was said

And I smiled as he passed me 
With his goods and his gear
And that was the last
I saw of my dear

CHO
And 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
As the swan in the evening
Moves over the lake

I dreamt last night
That my [bad word] love came in
He came in so softly
His feet made no din

And he came close beside me
And this he did say
It will not be long love
Till our wedding day

CHO
And he stepped away from me
And he moved through the fair
And fondly I watched him
Move here and move there
And he came close beside me
And this he did say
It will not be long love
Till our wedding day (2x)