The Trees They Do Grow High

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

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

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

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

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