The Trees They Do Grow High
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Verse
Em D Am Em
Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green
D Am Em
Many years that I my true love have seen
D Am Em
Many an hour I watched him all alone
D Am Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
Em D Am Em
Father, dear father, you done me great wrong
D Am Em
You married me to a boy who is too young
D Am Em
I'm twice twelve and he is just forteen
D Am Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
Em D Am Em
Daughter, dearest daughter, I've done you no wrong
D Am Em
I married you to a great Lord's son
D Am Em
He'll be a man to you when I am dead and gone
D Am Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
Em D Am Em
Father, dear father, if you see fit
D Am Em
You send my love to college for one year yet
D Am Em
Tie blue ribbons all around his head
D Am Em
To let the ladies know that he's married
Em D Am Em
One day I was looking from my father's castle' wall
D Am Em
Saw the little boys all playing with their ball
D Am Em
My own true love was the flower of them all
D Am Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
Em D Am Em
Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green
D Am Em
Many years that I my true love have seen
D Am Em
Many an hour I watched him all alone
D Am Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
Em D Am Em
Age of forteen he was a married man
D Am Em
Age of fifteen a father of a son
D Am Em
Age of sixteen on his grave the grass grew green
D Am Em
Cruel death it put an end with growin'
D Am Em
Cruel death it put an end with growin
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