The trees they grow high, And the leaves grow green Many is the time my true love I've seen Many day hours I've 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 You make a lord for you to way to born 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 of a son And at the age of eighteen, grass grew over him Cruel death put an end to his growing
The trees they grow high, And the leaves grow green Many is the time my true love I've seen Many day hours I've watched him all alone He's young, and he's daily growing