I feel inclined to add this bit though....Even taking out the word 'dead' ...How this has no hint of the "supernatural" is beyond both my poetic sense and indeed what I have learned over the years of Celtic Myths in general. The mention of both the 'star' and the 'swan/s' in the verse preceeding ...the singer proclaiming "and that was the last I saw of my dear" ...and in the very last verse "her feet made no din" all imply just that!

However if infact the third verse was as some say added later? (And I freely admit know nothing of this one way or the other)...then the whole story changes!

But hey! It's gotta be (even if changed) One of the most bloody beautiful and clever...'added' verses of all time!...What a stupedously sad song it has become for it's addition.......Now I am off to me leaba...it's 1.20 am for me....Oiche maith folks.