X:92010420
T:RVW2/1/42 The Trees They Do Grow High
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/1/42
C:Mr. Clayton, Meldreth, Cambs. (Seller "Ginger") July 22nd, 1907
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=50
M:6/8
K:Am
"^I"E | A2 G A2 B | c d2-d2 c |[M:2/4] B3/A/ AG |[M:6/8] E3-E2 E | 
w:The_ trees they do grow high and_ the leaves they do grow green,_ for
E2 ^F (G2 A) | B2 A c2 B |[M:2/4] BA AG |[M:6/8] E3 c2 |: d |
w:days two such_ friends my love which you and I have been, for it's
e2 e e2 "^#?"c | B2 "^#?"c d3 | (e2 d) c2 B | A2 G E3 | 
w:one cold win-try year my love when_ you must lay a-lone, 
E2 ^F G2 F | G2 E D3-|DDD (E3/2A3/2) | HA4-A:|
w:while the bon-ny boy is young_ but is grow-*ing._
"^II"A | A2 G A2 B | ^c3 d2 =c |[M:2/4] BA AG |[M:6/8] E3-E2 E | 
w:O fa-ther, dear-est fa-ther, of me you have done wrong;_you
E2 ^F G3/2G/A |B3 (c2 B) | B2 A A2 G | E6 | 
w:mar-ried me to a boy, you_ see he is too young.
e2 e e2 d | B2 "^#?"c d3 | e2 d c2 B | A2 G E3 | 
w:He's a tit-le, daugh-ter dear, some great la-dy you might be,
E2 ^F G2 F | G2 E D3-|DDD (E3/2A3/2) | HA4 | 
w:while the bon-ny boy is young_ but is grow-*ing
e2 e E2 ^D | B2 c d3 | e2 d c2 B | A2 G E3 | 
w:He's a tit-le, daugh-ter dear, some great la-dy you might be,
E2 ^F G2 F | G2 E D3-|DDD (E3/2A3/2) | HA4-A || 
w:while the bon-ny boy is young_ but is grow-*ing._  
"^III"A | A2 G A2 B | ^c3 d2 =c | (B2 A) A2 G | E4-EG | 
w:Now we'll send him to col-lege for one_ year or two_ and
F G2 G2 A | B3 c2 A | A3 G3 | HE3 |
w:per-haps by this time he will do for you
|:e2 e | e2 e e2 "^#?"c | B Hd2 e2 d | c2 B (A2 B) | A2 (G E3) | 
w:mar-ried; buy a bit of white rib-bon and tie it round_ his waist_
E2 ^F G2 F | G2 E D3-|DDD (E3/2A3/2) | HA4-A:|
w:for to let the lad-ies know_ that he's mar-*ried._
"^IV"A |A2 A A2 B | c2 d2 c2 | B2 A A2 G | E4 EE | 
w:Now at the age of six-teen he was a mar-ried man, at the
E ^F2 G2 A | B2 c2 BB | (B2 A) A2 G | HE2 f e2 e | 
w:age of se-ven-teen she be-gat for_ them a son. Then at the
e2 c (B2 c) | d2 e4 | (c2 B) (B3/2A3/2) | E3 E2 ^F |
w:age of eight-*een his grave_ grew_ green, and that
G2 F G2 F | D3 D2 D | (E3 A3) | A4-A ||
w:sure-ly put an end to his grow-*ing._ | 
"^V"A | A2 ^G A2 B |[M:3/8]d3 |[M:6/8] c B2 AAG | E3 E3 |
w:Now we'll buy him a shroud, the best of lin-en fine, and
[M:2/4] E^F GA | B c2 B | BA BG | E3 E |
w:while that is a-mak-ing, the tears they will come down. O
[M:6/8] e2 e e2 d |[M:2/4](B/^c/) d2 e |[M:6/8] c2 c A2 G | F3 E2 ^F | 
w:once I had a fine_ love, but now I'm here a-lone, so it's
(G^EF) G2 E |[M:2/4](E/^C/) D2 D |[M:6/8] E A3-A2 |]
w:fare--*well my bon-ny lad for e-ver._
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Editorial note: This is perhaps one of the worst RVW scores in the archive to transcribe and has needed 
much head scratching and some conjectural restoration. It is, however, as faithful to the original MS 
as the editors have been able to make it.
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