歌词
Trees, they grow high and the leaves they do grow green
树木在长高，叶子在变绿
Many is the time my true love I've seen
许多次，我看到他，我的真爱
Many an hour I have watched him all alone
很多时候我看着他所有的孤独
He's young but he's daily growing
他很年轻，但他每天都在成长
Father, dear, father you've done me great wrong
父亲，亲爱的父亲，你对我犯了个错误
You've married me to a boy who is too young
你把我嫁给了一个太年轻的男孩
I'm twice twelve and he is but fourteen
我24岁而他只有14岁
He's young but he's daily growing
他很年轻，但他每天都在成长
Daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong
女儿，亲爱的女儿，我对你没有错
I’ve married you to a great lord's son
我把你嫁给了伟大领主的儿子
He'll make a lord for you to wait upon
他会成为你所等待的王
He's young but he's daily growing
他很年轻，但他每天都在成长
Father, dear father, if you see fit
父亲，亲爱的父亲，如果你觉得合适
We'll send him to college for one year yet
我们将送他去大学一年
I'll tie blue ribbons all around his head
我会在他头上系上蓝色的丝带
To let the maidens know that he's married
让女孩们知道他已经结婚了
One day, I was looking over my father's castle wall
一天，我在我父亲的城墙上
I spied all the boys a-playing with the ball
我看见很多男孩子在玩球
My own true love was the flower of them all
我的爱人是他们中的佼佼者
He's young but he's daily growing
他很年轻，但他每天都在成长
At the age of fourteen, he was a married man
在14岁时，他已经结婚了
At the age of fifteen, the father of a son
在15岁时，他是孩子的父亲
At the age of sixteen, his grave it was green
在16岁时，他的坟墓是绿色的
And death had put an end to his growing
死亡终结了他的成长
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