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Traditional, arranged by Dave Rohs & Steve Rohs

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The trees they are tall and the leaves they are green,
Many a time my true love I’ve seen
Many an hour I have passed all alone
My bonnie lad’s a long time a-growing.

Oh father, dear father, you’ve done me great wrong,
You’ve married me to a boy that’s too young,
I am twice twelve and he is but fourteen,
He’s young but he’s daily growing.

Oh daughter, dear daughter, I’ve done you no wrong,
I’ve married you to a rich lord’s son,
He will make a lord for you to wait upon,
He’s young but he’s daily growing.

Oh father, dear father, and if you see fit,
We’ll send him to college for one year yet,
I’ll bind a blue ribbon all about his hat,
To let the maids know he is married.

One day as I looked o’er my fathers wall,
There were all the boys, a-playing with their ball
My own true love was the flower of them all,
He’s young but he’s daily growing.

So early in the morning at the dawning of the day,
They went out to the hayfield 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 to a son,
At the age of sixteen, his grave it was green,
And death put an end to his growing.

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from Amadan Aisling: The Fool's Dream, released July 16, 2022

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Amadan Aisling Lansing, Michigan

Amadan Aisling is Gaelic for "Fool's Dream." We are Steve Rohs (Irish flute, mandolins, banjo, accordion, pennywhistle & vocals), Ann Neff-Rohs (bodhran & vocals) & Dave Rohs (guitars, octave mandolin, harmonium, & vocals). Amadan Aisling explores the intersection between Irish music and related sorts of Trans-Atlantic folk music. ... more

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