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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Fairport Convention
Performer
Sandy Denny
Vocals
Richard Thompson
Guitar
Ashley Hutchings
Bass Guitar
Simon Nicol
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Padraig Colum
Composer
Herbert Hughes
Composer
[traditional]
Composer
Fairport Convention
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joe Boyd
Producer
Lyrics
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 laid her hand on me and this she did say
"Oh, it will not be long, lord, till our wedding day"
And she went away from me and moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her move here and move there
And then she went onward, just one star awake
Like the swan in the evening moves over the lake
Last night she came to me, my dead love came in
So softly she came that her feet made no din
And she laid her hand on me and this she did say
"Oh, it will not be long, lord, till our wedding day
Written by: Herbert Hughes, Padraig Colum, [traditional]