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Thread #159243   Message #3807986
Posted By: Steve Gardham
01-Sep-16 - 05:29 PM
Thread Name: The trees they do grow high: medieval?
Subject: RE: The trees they do grow high: medieval?
But whan he was thirtene he was a marryit man
Whan he was fourtene he fatherit his auld son
Whan he was fifteen his grave was growan green
And that put an end to his growing

O the trees thay are hie and the leaves thay ar green
The days are awa that I hae aften seen
The cauld winter nichts that I maun lye my lane
And my bonnie laddie's far far fae me

From Elizabeth Macqueen. She married Robert Orr in 1828
She was the sister of Thomas MacQueen who was paid by Crawfurd to collect who was paid by Motherwell.

It's no 122 in Vol 2 of the Crawfurd Ballads