The Trees They Do Grow High

Oh the trees they do grow high and the leaves they do grow green
哦，樹木長高了，葉子變綠了
And many's the cold winter's night my love and I have seen
多少個寒冷的冬夜，我和愛人看著這些
On a cold winter's night my love you and I alone have been
又是一個寒夜，我孤獨的愛著你
Oh my bonny boy is young but he's growing, growing, growing
哦，我漂亮的男孩如此年輕，可他在成長
My bonny boy is young but he's growing
年輕的他在成長

'Oh father , dear father, you've done to me much harm “
哦，父親，親愛的父親，你害苦了我
For to go and get me married to one who is so young
為了讓我嫁給一個這麼年輕的人
For he is only sixteen years old and I am twenty-one
他只有十六歲，而我已二十一了
Oh my bonny boy is young but he's growing, growing, growing
哦，我漂亮的男孩如此年輕，可他在成長
My bonny boy is young but he's growing.'
年輕的他在成長。”

'Oh daughter, dear daughter, I'll tell you what I'll do “
哦，女兒，親愛的女兒，我告訴你我會做什麼
I'll send your love to college for another year or two
我會把你的愛再送進大學一兩年
And all around his college cap I'll tie a ribbon blue
我要在他的大學帽周圍系一條藍絲帶
For to let the ladies know that he's married, married, married
為了讓女士們知道他已經結婚了
To let the ladies know that he's married.'
他是個有婦之夫。 ”

Now at the age of sixteen he was a married man
十六歲的已是個丈夫
And at the age of seventeen the father to a son
十七歲時成為父親，生了一個兒子
And at the age of eighteen the grass grew over him
十八歲時，墳草就長在他的身上
Cruel death soon put an end to his growing, growing , growing
殘酷的死亡很快結束了他的成長
Cruel death soon put an end to his growing
永恆沉睡在墳墓裡

And now my love is dead and in his grave doth lie
現在我的愛也死了，躺在他的墳墓裡
The green grass grows over him so very very high
綠草在他身上生長得很高
I'll sit here and mourn his death until the day I die
我會坐在這里哀悼他的死，直到我死的那一天
And I'll watch all o'er his child while he's growing, growing, growing
我會看著他的孩子長大
I'll watch all o'er his child while he's growing
一直照顧他長大