The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #869   Message #274325
Posted By: Naemanson
09-Aug-00 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: She Moves through the Fair
Subject: RE: She Moves Through the Fair
I always thought that the bride to have died before the wedding. That's why: (a) her feet made no din; and (2) the song exists in the first place.

I doubt the song would have been created in the first place if they got married and lived happily ever after. And if it had been written about an actual marriage I doubt people would have kept the song alive without that element of tragedy.