Product Description
She Moved Through the Fair is a traditional Irish folk song that has been performed and recorded by a great many artists from around the world.
The haunting, emotive song tells the story of a young man who meets his true love at a fair, where she tells him that her family has approved of him and that, therefore, "It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day". He then watches as she moves away from him, through the fair, not realising that it would be for the last time. Later, she appears to him at night, as a ghost, and repeats her words to him, intimating her own tragic death and their possible reunion in the afterlife.
The melody is a traditional one, with a slight eastern influence, giving it a dreamy and mysterious feel.
The famous Irish tenor John McCormack popularised the song, through his 1941 recording, and it was also recorded earlier, in 1936, by the Scottish tenor Sydney MacEwan. Since then, it has been recorded by a great many Irish and international artists including Pete Seeger, Marianne Faithful, Donovan, Van Morrison, Mike Oldfield, Led Zeppelin, Charlotte Church, Barbara Dixon, Josh Groban; and several leading Irish female singers, including Andrea Corr and Sinead OConnor whose extraordinary interpretation was a highlight of Neil Jordans award-winning film, Michael Collins.
This arrangement is for SSA voices with a piano/keyboard accompaniment.
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