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