The Trees They Do Grow High

Verse Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green Many years that I my true love have seen Many an hour I watched him all alone He's young but he is daily growin' Father, dear father, you done me great wrong You married me to a boy who is too young I'm twice twelve and he is just forteen He's young but he is daily growin' Daughter, dearest daughter, I've done you no wrong I married you to a great Lord's son He'll be a man to you when I am dead and gone He's young but he is daily growin' Father, dear father, if you see fit You send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all around his head To let the ladies know that he's married One day I was looking from my father's castle' wall Saw the little boys all playing with their ball My own true love was the flower of them all He's young but he is daily growin' Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green Many years that I my true love have seen Many an hour I watched him all alone He's young but he is daily growin' Age of forteen he was a married man Age of fifteen a father of a son Age of sixteen on his grave the grass grew green Cruel death it put an end with growin' Cruel death it put an end with growin