My young love said to me   my mother won't mind   and my father won't slight you   for your lack of kind      And she stepped away from me   and this she did say   it will not be long love   'till 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 when she went homeward   with one star awake   as the swan in the evening   moves over the lake      Last night she came to me   and she came softly in   so softly she came that   her feet made no din      And she laid her hand on me   and this she did say   it will not be long love   'till our wedding day      It will not be long love   'till our wedding day      If I were an eagle   and had wings to fly   I would fly to my love's castle   and it's there I would lie      On that bed of green ivy   I would lay myself down   And it's with my two fond wings   I would my love surround      And it's with my two fond wings   I would my love surround