{INTRO:] G
[VERSE 1:]
C G F G
My young love said to me, "My mother won't mind
F G C G
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind"
F G C G
And she stepped away from me and this she did say
C G F G
"It will not be long, love, till our wedding day"
[VERSE 2:]
C G F G
She stepped away from me and she went through the fair
F G C G
And fondly I watched her move hither, move there
F G C G
And she turned her way homeward with one star awake
C G F G
As the swan in the evening moves over the lake
[INSTRUMENTAL:] F G F G F G F G F G F G F G F G
[VERSE 3:]
C G F G
The people were saying, "No two were e'er wed
F G C G
But one had a sorrow that never was said"
F G C G
And she smiled as she passed me with her goods and her gear
C G F G
And that was the last that I saw of my dear
[VERSE 4:]
C G F G
Last night she came to me, my true love came in
F G C G
And she came in so easy, her feet made no din
F G C G
As she laid her hands on me and this she did say
C G F G
"It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day
[INSTRUMENTAL:] C G F G F G C G F G C G C G F C F G
[OUTRO:]
C F G
No, it won't be long my love"
C F G
No, it won't be long my love"
C F G
No, it won't be long my love"
