Young But Daily Growing

[Verse 1]

He's young but he's daily growin'

Oh, daughter, dearest daughter

I have done you no wrong

I've wed you to none other than a wealthy man's son

And he will be a man to you when I am dead and gone

[Verse 2]

He's young but he's daily growin'

For out one day as I was walkin' all alone

Down by the school wall

I saw the boys, they were playin' at the ball

And my own true love was the fairest of them all

[Verse 3]

He was young but he was daily growin'

At the age of sixteen years, he was a married man

At the age of sеventeen, he was the fathеr of a son

At the age of eighteen years round his graves the grass grew long

Cruel death has put an end to his growin'

[Verse 4]

Ah, the springtime is leavin' now as summer's coming on

With ornaments and fans, the ladies all pass on

Oh, it's once I had a true love, but now I have none

But I watch his bonnie son while he's growin'