[ti:He's Young But He's Growing] [ar:Ashley Hutchings/Cara Dillon/Jim Boyes/John Tams] [al:Street Cries] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He's Young but He's Growing - Ashley Hutchings/Cara Dillon/Sam Lakeman/Seth Lakeman [00:00.45]Oh father dear father [00:04.18]You've done me to much wrong [00:08.09]You've gone and got me married [00:11.43]To a boy who is too young [00:15.71]For he is only 16 years [00:19.71]And I am 21 [00:22.85]Oh my darling boy is young [00:26.61]But he's growing [00:30.40]Oh daughter dear daughter [00:34.17]It's you who have done wrong [00:38.02]For you and he together [00:41.62]Have gone and got a son [00:45.69]And he must have a father [00:49.55]When I am dead and gone [00:52.92]Oh your darling boy is young [00:56.69]But he's growing [01:00.46]One day as I was walking [01:04.06]Down by the college wall [01:08.08]I saw the young men [01:11.39]They were playing football [01:15.82]My true love was there [01:18.22]He was the finest of them all [01:23.05]My darling boy is young [01:26.60]But he's growing [01:30.54]Another day I was walking [01:34.11]Down by the college wall [01:38.04]I saw the pusher [01:41.62]He was making his call [01:45.82]My true love was there [01:48.49]He was the palest of them all [01:52.97]Oh the dealer put an end [01:56.62]To his growing [02:31.09]At the age of sixteen years married man [02:38.03]And at the age of seventeen [02:41.71]The father of a son [02:45.75]At the age of sixteen years [02:49.65]The grass grew over him [02:53.00]Of the dealer put an end [02:56.55]To his growing [03:00.30]Oh the springtime is past [03:04.16]And the summer's coming on [03:07.99]It's earring beads and bangles [03:11.69]The young girls have put on [03:15.93]Once I had a true love [03:19.55]But now I have got none [03:22.94]But I 'll watch over [03:24.94]His son [03:26.60]While he's growing