- She Moved Through The Fair 

This Scots/English (Irish?) traditional ballad possesses an eerie supernatural undertone. The subject of the song describes a dream in which his recently departed lover floats like a swan and beckons him to join her. Track 6 of The Wild Bird's Nest (2006) also Track 7 of The View from Here (1997) It will not be long love 'till our wedding day My young love said to me "My mother won't mind And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind Then 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 As fondly I watched her move here and move there She made her way homeward with one star awake As the swans in the evening flew over the lake Last night I lay dreaming my young love came in So softly she entered that her feet made no din She came close beside me and this she did say It will not be long love 'till our wedding day traditional, arranged by Bruce Coughlan