The trees they grow high,
And the leaves they do grow green
Many is the time my true love I've seen
Many an hour I have watched him all alone
He's young, and he's daily growing

Father, dear father,
you've done me great wrong
You have married me to a boy who is too young
I'm twice twelve and he is but fourteen
He's young, and he's daily growing

Daughter, my daughter,
I've done you no wrong
I have married you to a rich man's son
He'll make a lord for you to wait upon
He's young, and he's daily growing

At the age of sixteen, he was a married man
At the age of seventeen, the father to a son
At the age of eighteen, the grass grew over him
And death had put an end to his growing

The trees they grow high,
And the leaves they do grow green
Many is the time my true love I've seen
Many an hour I have watched him all alone
He's young, and he's daily growing

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