My Darling Boy

(Verse)

Oh, father, dear father, you have done me wrong,

You have married me to a boy that's much too young

He is only 16 years, and I am 21

(Interlude x2)

Oh, my darling boy is young

But he's growing

(Verse)

For, at the age of 16, he was a married man

At the age of 17, father of a son

At the age of 18 years, my love was dead and gone

(Interlude x2)

The green grass put an end to his growing

That green grass put an end to his growing

(Verse)

So I will go to my love's grave and I'll sit by his side

I'll pick my love some flowers and sow my love some shroud

And every stitch I'll put in, his tears, they will fall down

(Interlude x2)

Cruel fate has put an end to his growing

Cruel fate has put an end to his growing

(Verse)

For the trees he knew grew higher and the leaves did go green

The days have passed and gone, my love, that you and I have seen

It's a cold winter's night, my love, that I must pass alone

(Interlude x2)

But I'll watch over his son

While he's growing