Emily Smith - My Darling Boy lyrics

(Verse) Oh, father, dear father, you have done me wrong You have married me to a boy that's much too young He is only 16 years, and I am 21 (Interlude x2) Oh, my darling boy is young But he's growing (Verse) For, at the age of 16, he was a married man At the age of 17, father of a son At the age of 18 years, my love was dead and gone (Interlude x2) The green gra** put an end to his growing That green gra** put an end to his growing (Verse) So I will go to my love's grave and I'll sit by his side I'll pick my love some flowers and sew my love some shroud And every stitch I'll put in, his tears, they will fall down (Interlude x2) Cruel fate has put an end to his growing Cruel fate has put an end to his growing (Verse) For the trees he knew grew higher and the leaves did go green The days have pa**ed and gone, my love, that you and I have seen It's a cold winter's night, my love, that I must pa** alone (Interlude x2) But I'll watch over his son While he's growing