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Lady Mary Anne looked over the castle wallAnd there she saw two bonny laddies playing at the ballAnd the youngest of them was the fairest of allHe's my bonny boy he's young and he's growing OO father dearest father you have done me a great wrongFor to go and get married to a lad who is so youngFor he being only sixteen years and I am twenty oneHe's my bonny boy he's young and he's growing ODaughter dearest daughter I have done you no wrongFor to go and get you married to a lad who is so youngHe will be a match for you when I am dead and goneHe's your bonny boy he's young and he's growing OFather dearest father then I'll tell you what we'll doWe'll send my love to college for another year or twoAll around his college cap we'll bind the ribbons blueTo let the ladies know that he's married OWell young Charlie Cochrane was the sprout of an oakBlithe aye and bonny and straight was his neckAnd the sun when it shone it was all for his sakeHe will be the pride of the forest OLady Mary Anne was the flower among the dewSongtexteBlithe aye and bonny and straight was her shoeThe longer she blossomed well the sweeter she grewFor the lily in the bud will be bonnier OThe summer it is gone and the leaves they were greenHappy were the days that both you and I have seenAh but far happier days I trust will come againFor my bonny boy he's young and he's growing OOh well at the age of sixteen years he was a married manAt the age of seventeen the father of his sonAh but at the age of eighteen o'er his grave the grass grew greenCruel death had put an end to his growing OI will weave my love a shroud of the ornamental brownWhile I am a weaving it the tears they will fall downFor once I had a true love but now he's lying lowI'll nurse his bonny boy while he's growing O Aus Songtexte Mania