She Moves Through the Fair

[Intro]
"Open the door softly
I have somethin' to tell you, I do
Open it up no wider than the crack upon the floor
Open the door softly
I have somethin' to tell you, I do"

[Verse 1]
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 laid her hand on me, and this she did say
"Sure, it will not be long, love, 'til our weddin' day"

[Verse 2]
She stepped away from me, and she moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her move here and move there
And then she turned homeward with one star awake
As the swan in the evenin' moves over the lake

[Verse 3]
Last night she came to me, my dead love came in
So softly she came that her feet made no din
And she laid her hand on me, and this she did say
"Sure, it will not be long, love, 'til our weddin' day"