Elliot Goldenthal: “Michael Collins” soundtrack album

(Paddy MoloneySinéad O'Connor/Donal Lunny/G. Henderson)

My young love said to me,

"My mother won't mind,

And my father won't slight you

For your lack of kind."

He went away from me,

And this he did say,

"It will not be long, love,

'Til our wedding day."

He went away from me

And he moved through the fair.

And slowly I watched him

Move here and move there.

He went his way homeward

With one star awake,

As the swan in the evening

Moves over the lake.

I dreamed last night

That my young love came in.

He came in so sweetly,

His feet made no din.

He stepped me,

And this he did say,

"It will not be long, love,

'Til our wedding day."