BTW I'm doing a ballad study and started putting info on my site last night. Here's what I have:

http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/5-a-growing-the-trees-they-do-grow-high.aspx

I can't get Andrew Crawfurd's 1825 version online- this is what I have so far (Emily B. Lyle, 1996)

"The Lament of a Young Damsel for her Marriage to a Young Boy"

1 O father deir faither what's this ye'v dune
Ye'v marriet me to a man that's far owr young
For his aige it is twall and I am scarce fiftene
And my bonnie lad's lang a growing

2 O faither deir faither gin ye wad think it fit
To send him to the college anither yeir yit
I'd tye a grein ribban aw around his hat
To let the girls ken he is marryit

3 Or father dear faither gin ye wad agree
To put [missing]
I wad cut aff the yellow hair that grows on my brow
An I'll gae to the college wi him

4. O dochter deir dochter I'v dune ye nae wrang
I'v marryit you to an Earl's only son
An whan his father dees he will be air o aw
And your bonnie lad daily growan.

anyone?