Remember that wonderful book by Cahill called How the Irish Saved Civilization?
Ah, it was music that did it.
How the Irish Saved Civilization?
He put his arms round me, these words he did say
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
He stepped away from me and he moved through the fair
And fondly I watched him move here and move there
And then he turned homeward with one star away
As the swan in the evening moves over the lake
Last night I did dream that my true love came in
So softly he moved that his feet made no deal
He laid his hand on me, these words he did say
Ah, it was music that did it.

It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
It will not be long, love, till our wedding day
Ah, it was music that did it.

He stepped away from me and he moved through the fair
And fondly I watched him move here and move there
Ah, it was music that did it.
Homeward with one star awake
As the swan in the evening
Moves over the lake
Moves over the lake
I was raised doing this.
You know, my father was in radio.
I always think of him.
He had a show every day.
So I grew up listening to all kinds of wonderful music.
And my dad also sang all kinds of songs
from the Broadway stage.
So I would wake up in the morning
and listen to perhaps...