Issue No 139 My Darling Boy Lyrics

(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