(From The Minnesota Party Tape)
Verse 1
Oh The Trees They Grow Tall And The Leaves They Are Green
And Many A-Time My True Love I've Seen
And Many A-Night How I Walked All Alone
When My Johnny Was A Long Time A-Growin'
Verse 2
I Remember So Well Over My Father's Wall
I Heard The Boys Were Singing, I Can Hear Them Dancin'-Call.
And My Own True Love Was The Fairest Of Them All
He's Young, But He's Daily A-Growin'
Verse 3
Oh Father, Dear Father, You've Done Me Great Wrong
You've Married Me Off To A Boy That's Much Too Young
Oh I Am Twice Twelve, And He Is But Fourteen
He's Young, But He's Daily A-Growin'
Verse 4
Oh Daughter, Dear Daughter, I've Done You No Wrong
I've Married You To A Rich Man's Son
Oh He Will Be A Lord For You To Wait Upon
Yes He's Young, But He's Daily A-Growin'
Verse 5
At The Age Of Fourteen He Was A Married Man
At The Age Of Fifteen The Father Of A Son
At The Age Of Sixteen Has A Grave, It Was Green
And Death Put A Stop To His Growin'
Verse 6
But He've Born Me One Son, So I Can Pass The Time
Wachin' My Boy Rised A Great A-Year
And I Will Wachin' Rise, 'Till He Becomes A Man
He's Young Now, But He's Daily A-Growin'
