I first heard “She Moved Through the Fair” in 1957 sung by Cynthia Gooding on an Elektra recording. She entitled it “My Young Love.” As I recall she did not sing the fatalistic third verse. (I still have the LP, but no turntable, so I can’t check.) According to the liner notes, she herself did not claim to know the origins of the song, only that “It is a song known by most folk … [Read more...]