My young love said to me my mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kine
And he stepped away from me and this he did say
It will not be long love 'til our wedding day
He stepped away from me and
he moved through the fair
And fondly I watched him move here and move there
Then he went his way homeward with one star awake
As the swan in the evening moves over the lake
The people were saying no two were e'er wed
But one has a sorrow that never was said
And I smiled as he passed with
his goods and his gear
And that was the last that I saw of my dear
I dreamt it last night that my young love came in
So softly he entered her feet made no din
He came close beside me and this he did say
It will not be long love 'til our wedding day