The Tree They Grow so High

Question 1

The trees they grow so high and the leaves they do grow green,

Answer 1

And many a cold winter’s night my love and I have seen.

Question 2

And many a cold winter’s night my love and I have seen.

Answer 2

Of a cold winter’s night, my love, you and I alone have been,

Question 3

Of a cold winter’s night, my love, you and I alone have been,

Answer 3

Whilst my bonny boy is young, he’s a-gowing.

Question 4

Whilst my bonny boy is young, he’s a-gowing.

Answer 4

Growing, growing,

Whilst my bonny boy is young, he’s a-gowing.

Question 5

Growing, growing,

Whilst my bonny boy is young, he’s a-gowing.

Answer 5

O father, dearest father, you’ve done to me great wrong,

Question 6

O father, dearest father, you’ve done to me great wrong,

Answer 6

You’ve tied me to a boy when you know he is too young.

Question 7

You’ve tied me to a boy when you know he is too young.

Answer 7

O daughter, dearest daughter, if you wait a little while,

Question 8

O daughter, dearest daughter, if you wait a little while,

Answer 8

A lady you shall be while he’s growing.

Question 9

A lady you shall be while he’s growing.

Answer 9

Growing, growing,

A lady you shall be while he’s growing.

Question 10

Growing, growing,

A lady you shall be while he’s growing.

Answer 10

I’ll send your love to college all for a year or two

Question 11

I’ll send your love to college all for a year or two

Answer 11

And then in the meantime he will do for you;

Question 12

And then in the meantime he will do for you;

Answer 12

I’ll buy him white ribbons, tie them round his bonney waist

Question 13

I’ll buy him white ribbons, tie them round his bonney waist

Answer 13

To let the ladies know that he’s married.

Question 14

To let the ladies know that he’s married.

Answer 14

Married, married,

To let the ladies know that he’s married.

Question 15

Married, married,

To let the ladies know that he’s married.

Answer 15

I went up to the college and I looked over the wall,

Question 16

I went up to the college and I looked over the wall,

Answer 16

Saw four and twenty gentlemen playing at bat and ball.

Question 17

Saw four and twenty gentlemen playing at bat and ball.

Answer 17

I called to my true love, but they would not let hime come,

Question 18

I called to my true love, but they would not let hime come,

Answer 18

All because he was a young boy and growing.

Question 19

All because he was a young boy and growing.

Answer 19

Growing, growing,

All because he was a young boy and growing.

Question 20

Growing, growing,

All because he was a young boy and growing.

Answer 20

At the age of sixteen, he was a married man

Question 21

At the age of sixteen, he was a married man

Answer 21

And at the age of seventeen he was a father to a son,

Question 22

And at the age of seventeen he was a father to a son,

Answer 22

And at the age of eighteen the grass grew over him,

Question 23

And at the age of eighteen the grass grew over him,

Answer 23

Cruel death soon put an end to his growing.

Question 24

Cruel death soon put an end to his growing.

Answer 24

Growing, growing,

Cruel death soon put an end to his growing.

Question 25

Growing, growing,

Cruel death soon put an end to his growing.

Answer 25

And now my love is dead and in his grave doth lie,

Question 26

And now my love is dead and in his grave doth lie,

Answer 26

The green grass grows o’er him so very, very high.

Question 27

The green grass grows o’er him so very, very high.

Answer 27

I’ll sit and I’ll mourn his fate until the day I die,

Question 28

I’ll sit and I’ll mourn his fate until the day I die,

Answer 28

And I’ll watch o’er his child while he’s growing.

Question 29

And I’ll watch o’er his child while he’s growing.

Answer 29

Growing, growing,

And I’ll watch o’er his child while he’s growing.

Question 30

Growing, growing,

And I’ll watch o’er his child while he’s growing.

Answer 30

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