Bonnie boy is young chords by Judy Collins
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The trees they grow tall,
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the grass is growing green;
Many a cold and winter night
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that I alone have been.
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It is a cold and cruel night when I must lie alone,
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The Bonny Boy is young,
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but he is growing.
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Verse 2
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Oh! father,
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dear father I think you done me wrong
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To go and get me married to
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one who is so young.
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For he is only sixteen years
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and I am twenty- one.
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The bonny boy is young but
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he's growing.
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Verse 3
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Oh! daughter, dear daughter,
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I did not do you wrong
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For I have married you to
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a rich man's son
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And he shall be a match for thee when
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I am dead and gone.
He is young,
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but he is daily growing.
Verse 4
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Oh! father, dear father,
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I'll tell you what I'll do;
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I'll send the boy to college for
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an other year or two;
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And all around his college cap,
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I'll bind a ribbon blue,
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For to let the ladies know
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that he's married.
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Verse 5
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A year it went by and
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I passed the college wall
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And saw the young collegians
a- playing at the ball;
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Amidst them was my own true love,
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the fairest of them all,
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He was young but he was
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daily growing.
Verse 6
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At the age of sixteen he was
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a married man,
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And at the age of seventeen
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he was the father of a son,
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At the age of eighteen,
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his grave had all grown green;
And the death put an end to
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his growing.
Verse 7
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I'll make my love a shroud
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of ornamental brown;
And whilst I am a making it,
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the tears they will run down;
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For once I had my own love,
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now he's lying low,
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And I'll nurse his bonny boy while
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he's growing.
Outro 1
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Bonnie boy is young
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