My young love said to me: "My mother won't mind"
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind
She stepped away from me and this she did say
"It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day"

She stepped away from me and she moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her move here and move there
And she went her way homeward with one star awake
As the swan in the evening moved over the lake

The people were saying, no two e'er were wed
But one had a sorrow that never was said
And she smiled as she passed with her goods and her gear
And that was the last that I saw of my dear

Last night she came to me, my true love came in
And she came in so easy, her feet made no din
As she laid her hand on me and this she did say
"It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day" 
"No, it will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day"