Come with me over the Mountain / A Smile in the Dark - Andy Irvine

One night as the moon did illumine the sky'

I first took a notion to marry

I put on me hat and away I did fly

You’d have thought I’d have been in a hurry

When I can to the place where I often had been

Me heart gave a leap when my darlin' I seen

I lifted the latch and I bade her Good E’en

Will you come with me over the mountain?

What notion is this that’s got into your head

You’ll make me afraid to be near you

It’s twelve o’clock and they’re all in bed

Speak low or me mammy will hear you

I’m using no magic, casting no spell

I’m an honest young man and I love you right well

And if you’ll not have me, dear girl, farewell

I’ll go back alone o’er the mountain

If I were to make an elopement with you

I might put myself in great danger

The country would tittle and censor me too

My parents would frown and no wonder

Let them all tittle and censor away

Consult with yourself for it’s growing near day

What do we care what the country might say?

Come with me over the mountain

She looked at me hard, she looked at me long

She trembled a little uneasy

Then wiping a tear that appeared in her eye

She said to me -- Darling, I’m ready

Give me a moment til I get me shoes

Me heart gave a lep when I heard the glad news

I lifted the latch saying I hope you’ll excuse

Me simplicity over the mountain

By this time the moon had gone down in the west

And the morning star brightly was shining

We both made the journey in greatest of haste

And we were wed at the altar of hymen

In peace and contentment we spend our days

The anger of parents was soon blown away

Often we smile when we’ve little to say

On the trip we took over the mountain