She Moved Through the Fair

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"She Moved Through the Fair" is a traditional Irish folk song known for its haunting melody and tragic, romantic narrative.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
She Moved Through the Fair canonical 6
She Moves Through the Fair 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish folk song ⓘ
traditional song ⓘ
alternateTitle Our Wedding Day ⓘ
centralCharacters his beloved ⓘ
young man ⓘ
collectedBy Herbert Hughes ⓘ
Padraic Colum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
culturalAssociation Irish traditional repertoire standard ⓘ
firstNotedCollection early 20th century ⓘ
firstPublication 1909 ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
traditional Irish music ⓘ
hasMelodyCharacteristic haunting ⓘ
hasNarrativeTheme death ⓘ
ghostly visitation ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
tragic romance ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy Boyzone ⓘ
Fairport Convention ⓘ
John McCormack ⓘ
Loreena McKennitt ⓘ
Margaret Barry ⓘ
Simple Minds ⓘ
Sinéad O’Connor ⓘ
linked to: Sinead O’Connor

Van Morrison ⓘ
hasTheme premonition ⓘ
social class and marriage consent ⓘ
supernatural ⓘ
influencedWork Led Zeppelin – “Ramble On” (melodic and lyrical echoes noted by critics) ⓘ
linked to: Ramble On

“Our Wedding Day” (alternate title and variant) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricMotif bird and star imagery ⓘ
quiet departure from the fair ⓘ
wedding that will not be ⓘ
lyricsAdaptedBy Padraic Colum ⓘ
mode Dorian ⓘ
Mixolydian ⓘ
musicArrangedBy Herbert Hughes ⓘ
performanceContext concert repertoire ⓘ
folk clubs ⓘ
traditional music sessions ⓘ
plotElement lover later appears as a ghost ⓘ
lover promises marriage when her family consents ⓘ
publishedIn Irish Country Songs (first series) ⓘ
setting rural fair ⓘ
structure strophic ⓘ
timeSignature 3/4 ⓘ
vocalStyle unaccompanied singing (sean-nós) in traditional performance ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Voice of an Angel → hasTrack → She Moved Through the Fair ⓘ
Charlotte Church (album) → containsTrack → She Moved Through the Fair ⓘ
Belfast Child → basedOn → She Moved Through the Fair ⓘ
Belfast Child → adaptationOf → She Moved Through the Fair ⓘ
Belfast Child → usesMelodyFrom → She Moved Through the Fair ⓘ
Bridges → hasPart → She Moved Through the Fair ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Bridges"
Molly's Chambers → basedOn → She Moves Through the Fair ⓘ
linked to: She Moved Through the Fair
Molly's Chambers → titleInspiredBy → She Moves Through the Fair ⓘ
linked to: She Moved Through the Fair