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T:RVW2/3/225 The Trees They Do Grow High
C:Mr. Penfold, 2 & 4 May 1907, Rusper, Sussex.
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
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w: The_ trees they do grow high and the leaves they do grow green. The days are past and
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w: gone my love which you and I have seen. On a cold and win-ter's night when you and
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w: I a-lone have been O my bon-ny lad is young and grow-ing._ On a grow-ing_
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w: O fa-ther dear fa-ther you have done some-thing wrong; you've bound me to that
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w: man which you know is ve-ry young. O daugh-ter wait a while; you will
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w: quick-ly have a son And a la-dy you will be whilst he's grow-ing._O_ grow-ing._
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w: We will send him to the col-lege O for a year or two; P'raps by that
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w: time my love that he will do for you. We'll buy him a bunch of
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w: white rib-bons to tie round his waist so fine Just to let the la-dies know that he's mar-ried.
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w: She went to the col-lege and looked o-ver the wall; Saw four and twen-ty
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w: gen-tle-men that play-ing was at ball. They would not let her in but her
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w: true love she did call Be-cause he was so young and a-grow-ing_They grow-ing_.