The Trees They Do Grow High Lyrics

The teres they do grow high and the leaves they do grow green
But the time has gone and passed, my love, that you and I have seen
It's a cold winter's night, my love, that you and I must bide alone
The bonny lad was young, but a-growin'

Oh father, dear father, I fear you've done me wrong
You've married me to a bonny boy but I fear he is too young
Oh daughter, dearest daughter, but if you'll stay at home with me
A lady you shall be while he's growin'

We will send him to the college for one year or two
And then perhaps in time, my love, a man he may grow
I will buy you white ribbons to tie about his bonny waist
To let the ladies know that he's married

At the age of 16 oh he was a married man
At the age of 17 he was the father of a son
At the age of 18, my love, his grave it was a-growin' green
And so she saw the end of his growin'

Oh now my love is dead and in his grave doth lie
The green grass that's o'er him it groweth up so high
Oh once I had a sweetheart but now I have got ne'er a one
So fare thee well, my own true love, forever.