Bluegrass Messengers

Trees They are so High- William Bartlett (Dor) 1905

[Poorly remembered fragment from Henry Hammond Manuscript Collection (HAM/2/7/5).

R. Matteson 2016]

The Trees They are so High- sung by William Bartlett  of Wimborne Workhouse, Dorset  in Auguat, 1905. Collector: Hammond, H.E.D.

1. The trees they are so very high,  the leaves they do grow green,
The day is gone and past my love that I and you have seen,
. . . .
For  my bonny lad was young but is growing.

Twas a cold winter's night, my love, I did lay alone,
Twas a cold winter's night, my love, when I forsook my own,
Twas a cold winter's night, my love, I did lay alone,
For  my bonny lad was young but is growing.