Donovan - Young But Growing Lyrics
The trees they do grow highThe leaves they do grow greenMany's the time my love I have seenMany the hour I watched him on the goHe's young but he's daily growingFather, dear fatherYou've done to me great wrongYou've married me to a boy who is too youngI'm twice twelve and he is but fourteenHe's young but he's daily growingDaughter, dear daughterI've done to you no wrongI've married you to a rich man's sonHe'll make a Lord for you to wed to borneHe's young but he's daily growingOh father, dear fatherIfin you besee-ee fitI'll send him to college for one year yetI'll tie blue ribbons all around his headTo let the maidens know that he's marriedOne day while I was walkingOn my father's castle wallI saw the boys, they were playin' with the ballMy own true love was the flower of them allHe's young but he's daily growingAt the age of fifteenHe was a married manThe age of sixteen, a father of a sonThe age of seventeen, the grass grew over himGrew that soon put an end to his growingThe trees they do grow highThe leaves they do grow greenMany's the time my love I have seenMany the hour I watched him all aloneHe's young but he's daily growing
