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Trees
they do grow high
Trees they do grow
high, and the leaves they do grow greenTraditional arr. Reilly/MacKillop Trees they do grow high, and the leaves they do grow green Many's the time, my true love I have seen Many's an hour I've watched him all alone He is young, but he's daily growing Father, dear father, you've done me much harm Married me off to a boy who is too young He is but fourteen years, and I am twenty-one He is young, but he's daily growing One day as I looked out for the castle wall While I watched the boys a-playing with the ball And my only true love was the flower of them all He is young, but he's daily growing At the age of sixteen, he was a married man At the age of seventeen a father to a son At the age of eightteen, he'd left me all alone Cruel death put an end to his growing Many's the time, my true love I have seen And so many's an hour I've watched him all alone He is young, but he's daily growing And many's an hour I've watched him all alone He's young, but he's daily growing |