Trees they do grow high
Traditional arr. Reilly/MacKillop
Trees they do grow high, and the leaves they do grow
green
Many's the time, my true love I have seen
Many's an hour I've watched him all alone
He is young, but he's daily growing
Father, dear father, you've done me much harm
Married me off to a boy who is too young
He is but fourteen years, and I am twenty-one
He is young, but he's daily growing
One day as I looked out for the castle wall
While I watched the boys a-playing with the ball
And my only true love was the flower of them all
He is young, but he's daily growing
At the age of sixteen, he was a married man
At the age of seventeen a father to a son
At the age of eightteen, he'd left me all alone
Cruel death put an end to his growing
Trees they do grow
high, and the leaves they do grow green
Many's the time, my true love I have seen
And so many's an hour I've watched him all alone
He is young, but he's daily growing
And many's an hour I've watched him all alone
He's young, but he's daily growing