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She Moves Through The Fair     Credits: Traditional; arranged by Mary Black     Appears On: Collected     Language: English     Other Versions: "Our Wedding Day" on Anúna's album Celtic Origins "She Moved Through The Fair" on Máire Brennan's single Against The Wind "She Moved Thru' The Fair" on the Celtic Woman soundtrack "She Moved Thro' The Fair" on Órla Fallon's album The Water Is Wide "Our Wedding Day" on the Lord Of The Dance soundtrack "She Moved Through The Fair" on Loreena McKennitt's album Elemental "She Moved Through The Fair" on Méav Ní Mhaolchatha's album Méav

Lyrics:

I once had a sweetheart, I loved her right well
I loved her far better than my tongue can tell
Her parents did slight me for the want of guile
Adieu to all pleasure since I lost my dear

She went away from me and moved through the fair
Where hand-clapping dealers' loud shouts rent the air
The sunlight around her did sparkle and play
Saying, "It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day"

When dew falls on meadows and moths fill the night
When glow from the greesach on half-froze, half-light
I'll slip from my casement and I'll run away
Then it will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day

I dreamed last night that my love came in
She came in so easy, her feet made no din
She came stepping up to me and this she did say
"It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day"