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The trees, they grow high, and the leaves, they do grow green
Many is the time my true love I've seen Many an hour I watched him all alone He's young but he's daily growing Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong You have married me to a boy who is too young I am twice twelve and he is but fourteen He's young but he's daily growing Daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong I have married you to a great lord's son And he will be a man for you when I am dead and gone He's young but he's daily growing Father, dear father, if you see fit We'll send him to college for another year yet I'll tie a blue ribbon all around his head To let the maidens know that he is married One day I was looking over my father's castle wall I spied all the boys playing with a ball And my own true love, he was the flower of them all He's young but he's daily growing And so early in the morning at the dawning of the day They went into a hayfield for to have some sport and play And what they did there she never would declare But she never more complained of his growing At the age of fourteen he was a married man At the age of fifteen, the father of my son At the age of sixteen, his grave, it was green And death had put an end to his growing I'll buy my love some flannel, I'll make my love a shroud And every stitch I put in it, the tears, they'll pour down Amd every stitch I put in it, how the tears, they will flow Cruel fate has put an end to his growing |
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Uncle Rat went out to ride
Kitty alone, Kitty alone Uncle Rat went out to ride Kitty alone and I Uncle Rat went out to ride Sword and buckle by his side Ma cax macari duck and a dil Kitty alone and I Lady Mouse, will marry me? Kitty alone, Kitty alone Lady Mouse, will marry me? Kitty alone and I Lady Mouse, will marry me? Ask my Uncle Rat, says she Ma cax macari duck and a dil Kitty alone and I Uncle Rat, will you marry Lady Mouse? Kitty alone, Kitty alone Uncle Rat, will you marry Lady Mouse? Kitty alone and I Uncle Rat, will you marry Lady Mouse? Yes, kind sir, and half my house Ma cax macari duck and a dil Kitty alone and I Lady Mouse, where will the wedding be? Kitty alone, Kitty alone Lady Mouse, where will the wedding be? Kitty alone and I Lady Mouse, where will the wedding be? Ask my Uncle Rat, says she Ma cax macari duck and a dil Kitty alone and I Uncle Rat, where will the wedding be? Kitty alone, Kitty alone Uncle Rat, where will the wedding be? Kitty alone and I Uncle Rat, where will the wedding be? Up at the top of a holly tree Ma cax macari duck and a dil Kitty alone and I |
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This pretty young maid I seek far and wide
My heartache each morn with her I don't meet When I go to the bar, the dance hall or fete But I'd follow her trail in the dead of the night Chorus: Now you're the young man that travels afar Find me a gem I can have as my wife Never yearn or pine for flocks or for kine And I'll conjure plan that will charm her life Have her youthful and fair with no worry or care Patient and wise in affairs of all kind Modest and mild, without too much pride That is my love if she hadn't a dime (Chorus) Let no blemish or shame be attached to her name Honest in heart and gentle in mien No hatred or vice to be heard in her voice But cheerful and smiling from morning 'til night (Chorus) And I'll charm her life |
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When first I went a sea-apprentice bound
I sailed the salt seas all 'round and 'round I scarce had sailed a voyage but one When I fell in love with my charming Anne I went to my captain both stout and bold And unto him my secret told I love yon lass as I love my life What would I give if she were my wife? Well, the captain said, "You're a foolish boy For to court a girl that you'll ne'er enjoy For she'll have lovers while you're at sea And she'll be married e're you'll be free" Well, I don't know but I'll go and try For she might fancy an apprentice boy And she might alter her mind for me And wait on me until I be free Well, I bought her ribbons, I bought her gloves These things to prove of a heart that loves She accepted all and she was not shy And she vowed to wait for her apprentice boy When my ship is anchored and my work is over I'll steer my barque for sweet Erin's shore In my native country, my love I'll enjoy And she'll welcome home her apprentice boy So come all you sea-apprentices where e'er you be Never slight your true love while you're at sea Just love her as you love your life And she'll consent to become your wife |
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