Andreas Scholl Sings "She moved through the fair"

The famous German alto in a chilling version of this very old Irish air. Part of the eeriness of the song—other than the tragic lyrics—is the mixolydian mode in which it is composed. Scholl's straight-line vocal control contributes further to the almost dirge-like quality of the song:

My young love said to me,
My mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you
For your lack of kine. (cattle)
And she stepped away from me
And this she did say:
It will not be long, Love,
Till our wedding day.
She stepped away from me
And she moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her
Move here and move there.
And then she went homeward,
With one star awake,
Like the swan in the evening
Moves over the lake.
The people were saying,
No two e'er were wed
But one had a sorrow
That never was said.
And I smiled as she passed
With her goods and her gear,
And that was the last
That I saw of my dear.
Last night she came to me,
My dead love came in.
So softly she came
That her feet made no din.
As she laid her hand on me,
And this she did say:
It will not be long, love,
'Til our wedding day.

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