The Trees They Do Grow High

Trees, they grow high and the leaves they do grow green
樹木在長高，葉子在變綠
Many is the time my true love Ive seen
許多次，我看到他，我的真愛
Many an hour I have watched him all alone
很多時候我看著他所有的孤獨
Hes young but hes daily growing
他很年輕，但他每天都在成長
Father , dear, father youve done me great wrong
父親，親愛的父親，你對我犯了個錯誤
Youve married me to a boy who is too young
你把我嫁給了一個太年輕的男孩
Im twice twelve and he is but fourteen
我24歲而他只有14歲
Hes young but hes daily growing
他很年輕，但他每天都在成長
Daughter , dear daughter, Ive done you no wrong
女兒，親愛的女兒，我對你沒有錯
I've married you to a great lords son
我把你嫁給了偉大領主的兒子
Hell make a lord for you to wait upon
他會成為你所等待的王
Hes young but hes daily growing
他很年輕，但他每天都在成長
Father, dear father, if you see fit
父親，親愛的父親，如果你覺得合適
Well send him to college for one year yet
我們將送他去大學一年
Ill tie blue ribbons all around his head
我會在他頭上系上藍色的絲帶
To let the maidens know that hes married
讓女孩們知道他已經結婚了
One day, I was looking over my fathers castle wall
一天，我在我父親的城牆上
I spied all the boys a-playing with the ball
我看見很多男孩子在玩球
My own true love was the flower of them all
我的愛人是他們中的佼佼者
Hes young but hes daily growing
他很年輕，但他每天都在成長
At the age of fourteen, he was a married man
在14歲時，他已經結婚了
At the age of fifteen, the father of a son
在15歲時，他是孩子的父親
At the age of sixteen, his grave it was green
在16歲時，他的墳墓是綠色的
And death had put an end to his growing
死亡終結了他的成長