The Trees They Do Grow High

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[Verse 1]
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The trees they do grow high, the leaves they do grow green
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Many is the time my true love I've seen
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Many the hours I've watched him all alone
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He's young, and he's daily growing

[Verse 2]
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Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong
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You have married me to a boy who is too young
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I'm twice twelve and he is but fourteen
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He's young, and he's daily growing

[Verse 3]
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Daughter, my daughter, I've done you no wrong
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I have married you to a rich man's son
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He'll make a lord for you to wait upon
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He's young, and he's daily growing

[Verse 4]
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At the age of sixteen he was a married man
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The age of seventeen, the father to a son
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The age of eighteen, the grass grew over him
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Cruel death put an end to his growing

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[Verse 5]
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The trees they do grow high, the leaves they do grow green
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Many is the time my true love I've seen
Em         A          Em             Bm
Many the hours I've watched him all alone
G                A          Bm    Em   D   Em   D
He's young, and he's daily growing