Oh the trees they grow tall and the leaves they are green
And many a time my true love I've seen
And many a night how I walked all alone
When my Johnny was a long time a growin'
I remember so well over my father's wall
I heard the boys a singin' I could hear them dancin' call
And my own true love was the fairest of them all
He's young but he's daily a growin'
Oh father dear father you've done me great wrong
You've married me off to a boy that's much too young
Oh I am twice twelve and he's but fourteen
He's young but he's daily growin'
Oh daughter dear daughter I have done you no wrong
I've married you to a rich man's son
For he will be a lord for you to wait upon
Yes he's young but he's daily a growin'
At the age of fourteen he was a married man
At the age of fifteen the father of a son
At the age of sixteen his grave it was green
And death put a stop to his growin'
But he born me one son so I can pass the time
Watchin' my boy rise to grow a year
An' I will watch him rise till he's become a man
He's young now but he's daily a growin'
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