Tonart: F minor
Verse 1
Em
The trees they grow high
Am
Em
G
and the leaves they do grow green
Bm
Em
Many's the time my true love I've seen
C
Am
Many an hour I've
Em
watched him all alone
G
Bm
He's young,
A
Am
Em
but he's daily growing.
Am
Father, dear father,
Em
G
you've done me great wrong.
Bm
Em
You've married me to
a boy who is too young.
C
Am
Em
I'm twice twelve and he
is but fourteen.
G
Bm
He's young,
Am
Em
but he's daily growing.
Am
Daughter, dear daughter,
Em
G
I've done you no wrong.
C
Am
Em
He'll make a load for you to wait upon.
G
Bm
He's young,
A
Am
Em
but he's daily growing
Am
Em
Father, dear father, if you see fit
G
Bm
Em
We'll send him to college for one year
yet
C
Am
Em
G
I'll tie blue ribbons all around his head
Bm
Am
To let the maidens know
Am
One day I was looking o 'er my
Em
father's castle wall
G
Bm
I spied all the boys a
Em
-playing with the ball
C
Am
My own true love was a
Em
G
flower of them all
Bm
Am
Em
He's young, but he's daily growing
At the age of fourteen,
Am
Em
he was a married man
G
Bm
Em
At the age of fifteen, the father of a son
C
Am
At the age of sixteen,
Em
his grave it was green
G
Bm
Am
Em
And death had put an en d to his glory.
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