My young love said to me
'My mother won"t mind
and my father won"t slight you
for your lack of kine
And she stepped away from me
and this she did say
It will not be long love "til our wedding day
She stepped away from me
and she moved through the fair
and fondly I watched her move here and there
And then she turned homeward with one star awake
as the swan in the evening moves over the lake
Last night she came to me 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 "til our wedding day
It will not be long love "til our wedding day
'My mother won"t mind
and my father won"t slight you
for your lack of kine
And she stepped away from me
and this she did say
It will not be long love "til our wedding day
She stepped away from me
and she moved through the fair
and fondly I watched her move here and there
And then she turned homeward with one star awake
as the swan in the evening moves over the lake
Last night she came to me 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 "til our wedding day
It will not be long love "til our wedding day