My own love said to me,
My mother won't mind.
And my father won't slight you
For your lack of kind
She went away from me
And this she did say
It will not be long, Love,
Until our wedding day


She went away from me
And he moved through the fair
And slowly I watched her
Move here and move there
She went his way homeward
With one star awake
As the swan in the evening
Moves over the lake


I dreamed last night
That my own love came in
She came in so sweetly
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
It will not be long love
Until our wedding day