Loreena McKennitt - She Moved Through the Fair [Lyrics][Letras]

[@greggchambers9716]

An ex-partner introduced me to this song. I haven't been close to her for nearly fourteen years now, but I said then and say now that there is something deeply unsettling about the soundscape in this song. It's haunting, beautiful and melancholy. She'll never see this, that ex-partner, but on the off chance that she does, I will never forget this song, and thank you for introducing me to it, and to much more.

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Loreena's version is easily one of the greatest ever. So haunting and atmospheric ! The words are so intriguing and mysterious. I love this song.

[@TheCastelloCodger]

Many have tried, but none, in my opinion, have ever recreated the beauty of Loreena's take on this poem and melody. Hopeful love, deep sadness, and the pain of longing somehow all get so perfectly represented in song through Loreena's graceful fragility. The near a cappella and atmospheric ethereal background noise drive home the loneliness of the character's existence without his love, and by the end you're not sure if he'll see her again in the afterlife, but you get the overwhelming sense that he wants nothing more. While this is not my favorite Loreena song, it's undoubtedly the most emotionally affective of all. Even in 1985, she was a master of her craft with an understanding of lyric and song that someone twice her age might possess. Incredible.

[@davidtapp3950]

I got broken 33 years ago and I'm still broken. And so still dream about her.

[@MsJoaniePH]

Of all of the versions I've heard, this is the only version that properly frames the context of the song. One of tragic loss and grief. Most people leave out the verse: ..."People were saying, No two e'er were wed. But one has a sorrow, That never was said:... This song is a lament - not a joyous song. This is the way Gaels grieve. Thanks for posting it as you did. Thanks also to Loreena McKennitt for properly framing the song in a manner that maintains its context.

[@ACosmicCastaway]

Our thanks to Loreena McKennit and Padraic Colum

[@MsJoaniePH]

Protocultura Padraic Colum of course. Although the basic folk song goes back, in many forms, for centuries.

[@francinemcgaughey7714]

The tragedy of the story is also reflected in Andreas Scholl's version. His beautiful voice does it justice.

[@antaramvsica]

Hello, would anyone explain to me this concrete paragraph, because i don't understand it very well. I am not a native speaker and i would like to know what does it means. Thank you, It's a very beautiful song.

[@DaWhiteWolffie]

Pretty sure his love died before they could be married. I think that's what those verses meant. Then he dreamed about her (but I like to pretend he saw her ghost one last time x) to say goodbye).

[@francisdermotnash2783]

Beautiful

[@pakn8488]

Most haunting and beautiful version of this song, ever

[@frank7411]

I saw Loreena live recently and this was the fist song she sang. Those first few verses literally sent shivers down my spine and now I'm obsessed with this song.

[@ke6319]

I can't help the tears every time I hear the song , there's a true beauty in its sadness and grief, that you feel you could see the soul of the writer, and indeed , Loreena in it

[@andreakudla6561]

WOW, beautiful.

[@robertcommon6974]

It is typically graceful of her, and also thoroughly appropriate, that Loreena gives credit to the poet who composed the lyrics. In the introduction to "Collected Poems of Padraic Colum" (1953) John L. Sweeney writes of Colum that "oddly enough, he will be remembered by many who (as Yeats noted) have never heard his name. At least one of his poems, "She Moved Through The Fair", with an air composed by the late Herbert Hughes, has so securely acquired the status of folksong that it has been collected as such."

[@richardhoner7842]

Wow. I know this song well and Lorena simply mastered it. Fantastic.

[@geminiwednesday16]

Absolutely beautiful...as is simply everything from Loreena. Magical,haunting and mesmerising.

[@sweetlittleemogirl44]

I have been obsessed with this song for the last day or so, as I think of weddings....the one I missed and the One I won't miss for the world. I am going to try and learn the song.

[@chaliceguard4575]

Although this is a traditional Irish folk song, the lyrics can also be seen to have a parallel to future events which would impact Loreena deeply. One can almost interpret the song sung by Loreena as a foreshadowing lament with regard to the tragic loss of her fiance in a boating accident -- 13 years after this song was released on her Elemental album. Beautifully sung, as only Loreena can.

[@LuLuSprings]

Chalice Guard .. perhaps she never could of sung this had her fiance"s death preceded her recording of this beautiful, sorrowful song...

[@tomaslopezorejon2627]

Loreena McKennitt es un placeren todas sus canciones que interpreta.Tiene una voz angelical.To+/Excelente

[@looseleftie]

Loved this song for years, and only today found out about that missing verse which gets left out on nearly all versions of this beautiful song. Love it

[@corruptsystemexposer1798]

Makes me cry every time

[@boboala1]

Interesting. I just came across this rendition today of a tune I know well and love very much, and as soon as she completed the first phrase I felt a shiver go up my spine...all the way to my face and then I just let more than a few tears go! That voice...the tone & phrasing...well...thanks Loreena! A great aesthetic release, and this August weather/pollen here in the Ozarks has got my sinuses outa commission. I can get air through now - thanks again, Loreena!

[@charlottetaylor4471]

Sinead O'Connor did a lovely version too

[@audejavel2329]

I love that version "She Moved Through the Fair" a capella like it must be, great voice, great singer...

[@keithswanson5750]

Amen. Try Janet Baker singing this song.

[@YISTDMN]

My love said to me My Mother won't mind And me Father won't slight you For your lack of kind Then she stepped away from me And this she did say It will not be long love 'Til 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 she went her way homeward With one star awake As the swans in the evening Move over the lake The people were saying No two e'er were wed But one has a sorrow That never was said And she smiled as she passed me With her goods and her gear And that was the last That I saw of my dear. I dreamed it last night That my true love came in So softly she entered Her feet made no din She came close beside me And this she did say It will not be long love Till our wedding day.

[@pedrofcuk]

The correct lyric is "lack of kyne" a word meaning cattle.

[@kdbublitz88]

.. this is the only version of the song I will really give a thumbs up to, Loreena does an amazing job. She makes it sound so heart breaking, deep, and powerful with this rendition..

[@DarkWytch1960]

This song is haunting and beautiful. Loved it instantly ❤🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️

[@TMacGamer]

There are so many versions of this song... This one is one of the best!

[@MaryKangas]

My daughter, who lives in California, and has been to Ireland several times just did a re-make (recording) on her 3rd album of this song. She is signed by a UK label called Paradise Records and her stage name is Orenda Blu. The album has just been released on the internet and otherwise. I need to download a purchase the recording in it's entirety through iTunes. Just saying.. My daughter is a fabulous singer and I am looking forward to hearing her rendition. :-)

[@freudulant]

How wonderful! You must very so proud 🙂

[@stefanmeyer6506]

Thank you for thus, thank you a Million for every tear I shead upon your contribution

[@ACosmicCastaway]

Stefan Meyer It's super hard to explain the feelings this song triggers. Even harder is to explain how each person relates to it. Is it good? Or is it bad? Would be possible this traditional song be etched on us beyond any logical explanation? One thing I am sure: One can't never deny what he/she feels, for this is the truth facet of our existence.

[@edwardocarroll7097]

it was the best I absolutely loved the way she could carry the notes like a wave

[@claudiuroman2475]

Omg wath a voice. A heaven voice.:*

[@mindrolling24]

Great clip- pairs brilliantly with the song. Well done and thank you x.

[@ACosmicCastaway]

+Mindrolling Thank you for watching ;)

[@gigididi7993]

J'adore

[@paulmassey7613]

Such a beautiful song

[@graceh6308]

Mystical sensualising tunes I love her ❤️

[@davidtapp3950]

What a sublime voice!

[@robertozanella1641]

ah...now I remember where Simple Minds toke the music for the Belfast Child....wonderful voice Loreena...

[@milune11]

so beautifully ethereal

[@theBATfamiliar]

So beatiful and moving

[@moirarogers5938]

Beautiful but from my mothers knee I learnt "lack of kine" that is, cattle, not lack of kind. It meant they loved each other and would be accepted by her family even though he was not wealthy.

[@joseaugusto2392]

The best singer in the World.

[@busterking.3275]

Stunning.

[@moorejauk]

Love this so much

[@boboala1]

The first phrase she sang sent shivers up my spine and tears out my eyes - what a great voice & beautiful tone/pitch! That said, I want to say 25+ folks commenting below have pointed out (for many it was the ONLY short boring comment you made about Loreena's superb rendition!) the incorrect use of the word 'kind' vs 'kine' in the top of the first verse. Some contradict kine and say the spelling is 'kyne'. Yet most recordings I've heard say 'kind'. My utmost concern about this slight dialect variance for the lot of you is that I HOPE IT DIDN'T DIMINISH THE PERFORMANCE & RUIN THE DAY FOR YOU ALL! Whew! All that typing made me thirsty. Time for a soda. No!? Sodee. No!? Pop. No!? Sodie pop. Maybe. Coke. Yes, cold & sweet, please! ;-)

All our wars are merry ; and all our songs are sad

[@eileenkelly9661]

Gorgeous, achingly beautiful

[@orsonkaart1853]

Beautiful in its sadness

[@snowyart3338]

Beautifully made :)

[@GinnyShilliday]

It’s “for your lack of kine,” not “kind.” Kine means cattle; it is the plural of “kye” (cow).

[@gigididi7993]

Magnifique Française Espère être comprise?

[@peteraretin7802]

This is a very beautiful rendition. However, it almost certainly should be "lack of kine," meaning cattle, rather than "lack of kind."

[@healthywealthyraven116]

Such a haunting and beautiful rendition of this song !........ Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldn't the lyrics be " for your lack of kine" ? Thank you for posting.

[@ACosmicCastaway]

Sure, many pointed out that. Probably should remake this video after so many years, after all.

[@fernandacantobeltran1293]

Hook's Lullaby ❤

[@arnoetre8864]

💗

[@cpeacock1973]

Beautiful song that inspired jim Kerr to write “Belfast child” after the tragic bombing on remembrance day in enniskillen Northern Ireland by the IRA. The original by fairport convention leans more towards the hippy vibe of the 60s

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Chris1973 it was recorded by Anne Briggs in 1963.

[@torrreglia1cut]

meravigliosa

[@felixmann7045]

Holy shit... 🌀🙏🏼

[@virginiaar4628]

One mistake though. "For you lack of kind" is actually "kine," or kin. In other words, his family accepted her despite the fact that she didn't come from a good family or perhaps had no family at all.

[@electrondady1475]

i don't think so . the term "kind" is a biblical reference. its term used to describe cattle . his lack of kind means he is a poor man.

[@elcinyldz5694]

👏❤👏👏👏❤❤❤❤

[@ronyelisandro3507]

This melody reminds me the song "Belfast Child" of Simple Minds, but it was released in 1989. So maybe Simple Minds got some inspiration here.

[@josephfalco3141]

lack of kine, not lack of kind. otherwise, spectacular

[@ACosmicCastaway]

Pity I don't have the actual CD to confirm. I was a nitty-picky at this one, even the community said it was ok: lyricstranslate.com/en/irishscottish-celticfolk-she-moved-through-fair-lyrics.html Oh well.

[@angharad588]

But in this life, it was my husband Richard who died. December 30th 2014.

[@ACosmicCastaway]

SisterThredson ☹️ my condolences.

[@angharad588]

Thank you.

[@denisboucard6837]

Why are there somy pictures of Norway?

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

❤️

[@angharad588]

This song makes me think of a past life experience I had. I was the one who died.

[@ACosmicCastaway]

+Kristin Scott wow. That was... unexpected.

[@smartalek180]

+A Cosmic Castaway Musta been the Spanish Inquisition. Because nobody... Well, you know.

[@melindalemmon2149]

SO SORRY TAKE HEART, SIR

[@caitlindowning9484]

A Cosmic

[@barnabasranch5415]

ROFLMMFAO

[@CharlieFarrow]

Just a not to whoever captioned this - it's lack of kine not lack of kind. Kine is an old word for cows!

[@ACosmicCastaway]

Probably didn't check the booklet and took it from lyricstranslate. Maybe now it's too late.

[@digitalsketchbook9644]

Isn't it 'lack of kine' - cattle?

[@ACosmicCastaway]

+Postcard John Nope. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Moved_Through_the_Fair

[@madpeters]

The song is old enough, and its origins sufficiently hazy, that the exact lyrics cannot be positively determined. It could indeed be "lack of kine" (cattle), or "lack of kin" (no supportive family), or "lack of kind"; all references to a dearth of worldly possessions with which to support a wife.

[@TomTom-fg2sw]

Yep, you’re correct.

[@erri4433]

Its cattle.

[@michelinesheridan7755]

No, I think it means that the girl didn't have any family - or at least not one to boast of.

[@cruzcentaura]

beautiful but portuguese subtitles please

[@ACosmicCastaway]

Legendas em português estão disponíveis desde a data de upload.

[@maureenarrigo7056]

Why is it flashing?

[@grahamlong8701]

Clouds moving over the sun it's fast photography time lapse :-):-):-)

[@thedandelion157]

The rendition is fine - the video is clearly not. Did the editor plan to cause seizures or what? Awful.

[@terryneale3086]

Kine not kind. Kine = cattle

[@carlospintado411]

*

[@PurdyBear1]

The flashing on this video is so annoying I'm not going to watch more then a few seconds. Oh by the way flashing can cause epileptics to have seizures. Not smart!

[@michaelellis1738]

Enough with the fucking flashing

[@busterking.3275]

Stunning.