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GUEST,Oliver	Origins: She Moves through the Fair (168* d)	RE: Origins: She Moves through the Fair	04 Apr 09
Interesting to read the thoughts about this song, which I have been practising in countertenor voice. I heard a very nice version on Youtube by a countertenor here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAA3KewWfFQ. My take on it is that she died, presumably of an illness - and that is the "sorrow" that is referred to. It might have been TB, as that was common in the 19th Century, but to say that the "sorrow that never was said"always meant this, seems a bit unlikely as the verse says "no two ever were wed... but one had a sorrow" etc, which would suggest "no two people ever get married, but one is dying of TB.." What do you think is meant by "goods and gear" - was she trading in the fair/ been buying things in the fair?

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