The Trees They Grow So High

The Trees They Grow So High

The Trees They Grow So High is an album of folk songs sung by soprano Sarah Brightman with Geoffrey Parsons on piano...

 redirects here. For the folk song for which this album is named, see The Trees They Grow So High (folk song)

The Trees They Grow So High (folk song)

"The Trees They Grow So High" is a British folk song. The song is known by many titles, including "Daily Growing", "Young But Daily Growing" and "Bonny Boy is Young ". It first appeared in print in 1792 as "Lady Mary Ann". The subject of the song is an arranged marriage of a young girl by her...

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Track listing

1. "Early One Morning
   Early One Morning
   "Early One Morning" is an English folk song. The lyrics are first found in publications as far back as 1787. A broadside in the Bodleian Library, Oxford dates from about 1803...
   
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2. "Come You Not from Newcastle?" Hullah's Song-Book (English)
3. "Sweet Polly Oliver
   Sweet Polly Oliver
   Sweet Polly Oliver is an English folk song , dating from at least 1840. It is also known as "Pretty Polly Oliver".It is one of the best known of a number of folk songs describing woman disguising themselves as men to join the army....
   
   " Old English tune
4. "The Trees They Grow So High
   The Trees They Grow So High (folk song)
   "The Trees They Grow So High" is a British folk song. The song is known by many titles, including "Daily Growing", "Young But Daily Growing" and "Bonny Boy is Young ". It first appeared in print in 1792 as "Lady Mary Ann". The subject of the song is an arranged marriage of a young girl by her...
   
   " Somerset folksong
5. "The Ash Grove
   The Ash Grove
   The Ash Grove is a traditional Welsh folk song whose melody has been set to numerous sets of lyrics. The most well-known was written, in English, by John Oxenford in the 19th century....
   
   " Welsh tune
6. "O Waly, Waly" from Somerset - Cecil Sharp
7. "How Sweet the Answer" The Wren (Moore's Irish Melodies)
8. "The Plough Boy" by W. Shield
9. "Voici le Printemps"
10. "The Last Rose of Summer
    The Last Rose of Summer
    The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland...
    
    " Groves of Blarney (Moore's Irish Melodies)
11. "La belle, est au jardin d'amour"
12. "Fileuse"
13. "Dear Harp of My Country!" Kate Tyrrel (Moore's Irish Melodies)
14. "Little Sir William
    Sir Hugh
    Sir Hugh is a traditional British folk song, Child ballad # 155, Roud # 73.-Synopsis:Some boys are playing with a ball, in Lincoln. They accidentally throw it over the wall of a Jew's house . The daughter of the Jew comes out, dressed in green, and beckons to a boy to come in to fetch it. He...
    
    " Somerset folksong
15. "O Can Ye Sew Cushions?" Scottish tune
16. "Oft in the Stilly Night" Moore's Irish Melodies
17. "Quand j'étais chez mon père"
18. "There's None to Soothe" Hullah's Song-Book (Scottish)
19. "Oliver Cromwell
    Oliver Cromwell
    Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
    
    " Nursery rhyme from Suffolk