Young But Daily Growing

[Verso 1]
 
       G               C  G         Em              C    G 
Oh the trees they grow tall and the leaves they are green 
    Em                  C         D 
And many a-time my true love I've seen 
    G      C  G        Em          C   G 
And many a-night how I walked all alone 
     G               Em          D     G 
When my Johnny was a long time a-growin'  

C C/B C/A G 



[Verso 2]
 
G                C G       Em      C   G 
I remember so well over my father's wall 
             Em                                C        D 
I heard the boys were singing, I can hear them dancin'-call. 
           G    C    G       Em              C   G 
And my own true love was the fairest of them all 
G                    Em    D       G 
He's young, but he's daily a-growin'  

C C/B C/A G 



[Verso 3]
 
G          C         G         Em            C    G 
Oh father, dear father, you've done me great wrong 
                  Em                           C    D 
You've married me off to a boy that's much too young 
             G        Em            C       G 
Oh I am twice twelve, and he is but fourteen 
G                    Em    D       G 
He's young, but he's daily a-growin' 

C C/B C/A G 
 


[Verso 4]
 
G                 C       G      Em       C       G 
Oh daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong 
                 Em        C     D 
I've married you to a rich man's son 
      G         C        Em          G 
Oh he will be a lord for you to wait upon 
G                       Em    D        G 
Yes he's young, but he's daily a-growin'  

C C/B C/A G 



[Verso 5]
 
G             C       G   Em            C  G 
At the age of fourteen he was a married man 
  Em            C                        D 
At the age of fifteen the father of a son 
  G           C      G                    C    G 
At the age of sixteen has a grave, it was green 
     G          Em          D      G 
And death put a stop to his growin'  

C C/B C/A G 



[Verso 6]
 
G                     C  G          Em      C    G 
But he've born me one son, so I can pass the time 
  Em                    C       D 
Wachin' my boy rised a great a-year 
  G          C      G      Em              C   G 
And I will wachin' rise, 'till he becomes a man 
G                   Em          D       G 
He's young now, but he's daily a-growin'