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29 Nov 00 - 04:46 PM (#348473) Subject: She Moves through the Fair From: Luke This is a song that I sing and sort of half sing cuz I never learned the words quite right. Could somebody help me here. I've heard Irish singers sing it. Thanks, Luke |
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29 Nov 00 - 04:53 PM (#348479) Subject: Lyr Add: SHE MOVES THROUGH THE FAIR From: Morticia My young love said to me, my mother won't mind And my father won't slight you for your lack of kine Then she turned away from me and this she did say It will not be long love till our wedding day
She turned away from me and moved through the fair
The people were saying no two were ere wed
Last night she came to me,he softly came in |
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29 Nov 00 - 04:54 PM (#348480) Subject: Lyr Add: SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR From: guinnesschik My own love said to me, "My father won't mind, And my brothers won't slight you for your lack of kyne (or kind)." She went away from me and this she did say: "It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day."
She went away from me and she moved through the fair,
The people were saying, "No two ever were wed,
I dreamed last night that my own love came in. That's the way I learned it....
;-)g'chik
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29 Nov 00 - 04:57 PM (#348482) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Catrin Hi Luke click here for a really interesting discussion. I think this song is a favourite for a lot of us. Enjoy! Catrin |
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29 Nov 00 - 04:58 PM (#348483) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Luke Thank you both for the great help. Luke |
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29 Nov 00 - 05:01 PM (#348491) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Morticia interesting,the slight variations..... I wonder how many other versions there are? |
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29 Nov 00 - 05:03 PM (#348494) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: guinnesschik Probably as many as there are singers. I had to chuckle to see Morticia had beat me to the punch! I tried to be first. ;-) |
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29 Nov 00 - 05:04 PM (#348495) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Catrin One million, seven thousand, six hundred and thirty-three (at the last count) |
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29 Nov 00 - 05:07 PM (#348501) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Morticia I type fast Guinesschik!!Catrin, you're just showing off!! |
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29 Nov 00 - 05:31 PM (#348518) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Catrin Yeah - I got carried away then - what I was REALLY talking about was the number of times me and mel..... (oh never mind) |
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29 Nov 00 - 05:53 PM (#348530) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Morticia ( waaaaiiiilllll).......and you ate the chocolate!!!! |
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30 Aug 08 - 09:25 AM (#2426216) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: GUEST,Owen An Geal Hi fellow celtophiles....I have heard many versions of this...but as it is a 'ghostly' song one very clear version I have heard actualy pin points this by saying...Last night she came to me...my 'dead' love came in...and so softly...etc etc...This is a hauntingly beautiful song and should be sung hauntingly....The words "It will not be long love till our wedding day"...(meaning)...It will not be long till the singers own death. Slan. |
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30 Aug 08 - 09:38 AM (#2426225) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Owen an geal gael Sorry not just the singers death...but his reunion with his love....I guess that's kinda obvious and didnt need sayin?...but hey that's what I do best...state the 'obvious' (not much of a gift when you think about it really?) Anyways I am a member now...so get ready for the occasional 'obvious' statements and bad spelling from meself to yourselves! slan. |
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30 Aug 08 - 10:22 AM (#2426243) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Charley Noble Welcome aboard, Owen! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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30 Aug 08 - 12:19 PM (#2426297) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Jim Lad I was very young when I wrote this one. Ticks me off no end when people tamper with the words. "Last night she came to me My Fond love came in" Cheers! Jim |
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30 Aug 08 - 02:50 PM (#2426383) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: BB ? |
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30 Aug 08 - 04:05 PM (#2426429) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: RobbieWilson sinead O'Connor sings a version where she changes the words to "my mother wont mind, and my sisters wont slight you for your lack of kind. |
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30 Aug 08 - 05:55 PM (#2426493) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: michaelr Owen, there are a lot of other threads here concerning this song (see links at top). I suggest beginning with this one and paying close attention to Malcolm Douglas's posts. He suggests quite convincingly that the "ghostly" element was not traditionally part of the song. Cheers, Michael |
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30 Aug 08 - 07:53 PM (#2426543) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Malcolm Douglas Although I didn't say so unequivocally back in those days, there is no doubt at all that there was no supernatural element in Padraig Colum's poem; nor was there in the older song he based it on. 'Dead love' was introduced (possibly by accident, possibly by design) in a commercial recording by the famous lyric tenor John McCormack. Margaret Barry learned the song from that record and introduced it to the folk song revival, which adopted it enthusiastically. Ever since then, people have imagined all manner of extravagant things about it; the many other discussions here (almost all of which contain more information than this old thread that Owen has dragged out of the merciful oblivion of the grave) are full of the most extraordinary nonsense, though real facts are there too, if you are patient enough to sift through all the rubbish. Colum lived into the 1970s. I still wonder if anybody ever asked him what he thought about the whole thing; or if he ever received any royalties from any of the vast number of revival performers who have recorded arrangements of his song over the last half-century. Scarcely one of them has had the courtesy to credit him, though his authorship of the song has been a matter of public record since it was first published in 1909. |
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31 Aug 08 - 03:50 AM (#2426637) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: MartinRyan Malcolm He (and his estate) did in fact get a regular stream of income in royalties. Regards |
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01 Sep 08 - 09:21 AM (#2427595) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Owen an geal gael Ah well I guess I have to stand corrected to some degree....and that's fine....criticism that is 'constructive' is always acceptable...Anyways I have heard many versions by many people and I do preffer the "dead love" one. Maybe because I first heard Alan Stivell sing it to those lyrics..and I have a special spot for the Harpist and his music...myself being a harp maker now of 27 years. Though I do bow (always) to the original version (where provable) as being the final arbiter on it's own subject! So I see that I have entered a site with real people who not only read but reply...how cool! Thanks folks for putting up with me and my bit. |
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01 Sep 08 - 10:21 AM (#2427633) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Owen an geal gael 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. |
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01 Sep 08 - 10:32 AM (#2427646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: MartinRyan Owen Check out the similar story on "Reynardine" sometime - there's a thread on it around here somewhere! Regads |
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01 Sep 08 - 10:54 AM (#2427663) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Phil Edwards See also Out of the window. I've done it a couple of times (it's a lovely tune, although singing some of the triplets is a bit fiddly) and the bit about the feet making no din always gets some puzzled looks. |
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01 Sep 08 - 10:58 AM (#2427669) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: MartinRyan Barefoot in the dark? |
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01 Sep 08 - 03:37 PM (#2427901) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Jim Dixon A definitive copy of the original poem SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR has been posted here, copied via Google Book Search from Wild Earth and Other Poems, by Padraic Colum, New York: H. Holt, 1916, page 26. Another good copy, from The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse, was posted by nutty here. Other versions, all more or less corrupted (or folk-processed, if you prefer), are posted here: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. There is a Gaelic version here. Les Barker's parody is here. |
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01 Sep 08 - 03:53 PM (#2427922) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Phil Edwards Martin - I meant that when some people hear that bit they automatically think "oh, it's that one... no, hang on..." |
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01 Sep 08 - 04:32 PM (#2427964) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: MartinRyan Pip - it's my favourite version too. Regards |
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02 Sep 08 - 02:46 AM (#2428398) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: Owen an geal gael Hand up.....all those who want her dead! |
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24 Feb 13 - 03:40 PM (#3483339) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Moves through the Fair From: breezy can she brought back to life then ? now thats supernatural |