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The Trees They Do Grow High

from Time Out Of Mind by Triangle

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Dramatis Personae:
Mim: Anxious Mum
Sue: Concerned Dad
Sophie: Reluctant Daughter

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As I was a-walking by yonder church wall,
I saw four and twenty young men
a-playing at the ball.
I asked for my own true love
but they wouldn't let him come,
for they say the boy is young, but a-growing

O father, O father,
you've done to me much wrong,
you've tied me to a boy
when you know he is too young,
for I am twice twelve, and he is but fourteen,
and they say the boy is young, but a-growing

Daughter, O daughter,
I've done to you no wrong,
for I have married you
to my Lord Craigton's son,
and he will be a fine lord for you to wait upon,
and a lady you will be while he's growing

We'll send him to college for one year or two,
and maybe in time this boy will do for you,
We'll buy you white ribbons
to tie around his bonny waist,
for to let the ladies know that he's married

The trees they do grow high
and the leaves they do grow green,
the time is past and gone, my love,
that you and I have seen,
it's of a cold winter's night that I must lie alone,
for they said the boy was young, but a-growing

At the age of sixteen, he was a married man,
and at the age of seventeen, the father to a son,
at the age of eighteen,
his grave was growing green,
cruel death had put an end to his growing

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from Time Out Of Mind, released August 1, 2009
Words: Traditional
Music: Mim MacMahon

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Triangle England, UK

To say we are “an all-female, three piece a cappella band” identifies us, but does not describe us. Our themes mostly revolve around beer, religion, politics and things that go bump in the night - in no particular order. And we don't just stand there in a row singing, either; we act the songs out as melodies switch from one line to another. ... more

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