“She Moved Through the Fair” is based on a traditional Irish folk song. Its original author is unknown (it is said to have first been collected in Donegal by Padraic Colum and Herbert Hughes). This version is performed by Rob Yates, and its haunting tune and lyrics will be familiar to many. Hope ya enjoy, Rob 
“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 It will not be long now ’til our wedding Day And she went away from me, she 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 young love came in So softly she entered that her feet made no din And she laid her hand on me and this she did say It will not be long now ’til our wedding day”
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Well done man!
Hi from Mexico city!
Bit of a dull video…
On the plus side, it sounds excellent, and you have a voice worthy of this song.
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And hats off to “Crombie100″ for pointing out that it’s supposed to be sung by a man (or a lesbian?). Nothing against any of the female vocalists, but it’s very “Bananarama” to rip off such a song just because it has a great tune.)
Truely an amazing version of such a wonderful song…. Heard so many singers sing this but this must be the best I heard.
This is an excellent version of a beautiful classic. Superb vulnerable, broken vocal and wonderfully laid back keyboard. Thank you!
very nice good job man
Beautiful, excellent job, enchantment wao!!!
I love this interpretation ,haunting voice just enough back ground music and this song was made for a guy to sing it,beautiful
Not Bad …
choice Rob fantastic interpretation
I would love to walk down the aisle this year to this song….it’s wonderful. thanks for posting
Well said wuzzaman, i am of kerry myself and have lived and traveled abroad extensively over the years, had the great pleasure of hearing irish songs sung by German, English,African people ,etc, much better than i,and we love them for it!
well done!!!!!
AT 9:10 SOMEONE WILL CALL YOU OR TALK TO YOU ONLINE AND SAY I LOVE YOU OR ASK YOU OUT BUT HERES THE CATCH Send To 3 vids
it’s amazing, you did a wonderful job! And I have to agree with everyone else here..it is nice to finally hear a guy sing this song.
Very nice. And, I agree. This is a male song, interesting that most of the recordings are by women. Well done, Rob.
Very nice performance, nice to hear the song in male voice!
Bravo!
It sounds really different with a male voice. Quite lovely. Have you seen Holly Kirby’s version (Alpet07 on Youtube). I think that’s pretty breathtaking too!
i would like to hear more too
i believe the words were written in 1909.. the actual melody/ song is far older, many claim it comes from midevil times. the song/ melody originates in County Donegal btw, same area where Enya and so much wonderful Irish music comes out of. this is a great rendition by Rob Yates. closest thing to the Sinead version in its epic intensity. thats saying alot cuz every other version pales in comparison to Sinead’s. besides this one, which is great in its own right. thanks for posting!! BRAVO!!
great to have a male voice, since the narrative is from a male perspective. One of the other videos of this has a comment that the tune is older but the words are from the 1800′s
simple mids ripped it off
awesome!5*****
thx for reply, ive seen different info on this, most sites say it was written by Herbert Hughes in 1909 but Wikipedia gives a hint that it may be much older, (im just not trusting Wikipedia i guess)
most sites claim that it does, I just asked my Irish boss.. he says it does!