I once had a true love and I loved her so well I loved her far better than my tongue can tell And I thought that she whispered to me and did say "It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day" I dreamt last night that my true love came in So softly she entered that her feet made no din And I dreamt that she whispered to me and did say "It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day" If I were an eagle and I had wings to fly I would fly to my love's castle and it's there I would lie On a bed of green ivy I would lay myself down And it's with my two fond wings I would my love surround And it's with my two fond wings I would my love surround I once had a true love and I loved her so well I loved her far better than my tongue can tell And I thought that she whispered to me and did say "It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day"