The trees they grow high, 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, but he's daily growing.
Father, my father, you've done me great wrong You've married me to a boy who is too young I'm twice twelve and he is but fourteen He's young, but 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 be a man for you when I am dead and gone He's young, but he's daily growing.
At the age of sixteen, he was a married man At the age of seventeen, the father of a son At the age of eighteen,a grass grow over him He's young, but he's daily growing.