The Trees They Do Grow High

E471644

British folk song child ballad traditional folk ballad

"The Trees They Do Grow High" is a traditional British folk ballad about an arranged marriage between a young girl and a much younger boy, widely recorded and interpreted by various folk artists.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
“The Trees They Do Grow High”	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British folk song ⓘ child ballad ⓘ traditional folk ballad ⓘ
associatedWithCollector	Cecil Sharp NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis James Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
cataloguedAs	Child Ballad 76 NERFINISHED ⓘ
collectedIn	England NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
genre	ballad ⓘ folk ⓘ
hasMotif	bride visits husband’s grave ⓘ child groom sent away to be educated ⓘ trees or grass growing on grave ⓘ
hasRecordingBy	Altan NERFINISHED ⓘ Fairport Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ June Tabor NERFINISHED ⓘ Loreena McKennitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Carthy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossian NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentangle NERFINISHED ⓘ Steeleye Span NERFINISHED ⓘ The Corries NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariantTitle	Daily Growing NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Mary Ann NERFINISHED ⓘ Long A-Growing NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trees Grow High NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trees They Do Grow So High NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Laird of Craigstoun NERFINISHED ⓘ The Young Laird of Craigstoun’s Growing NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later British folk revival repertoire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
narrativeFocus	much younger groom ⓘ young girl bride ⓘ
performanceContext	folk clubs ⓘ traditional singing sessions ⓘ
periodOfOrigin	traditional (pre-19th century) ⓘ
setting	rural Britain ⓘ
subjectMatter	aristocratic or laird’s family ⓘ
theme	age-disparate marriage ⓘ arranged marriage ⓘ coming of age ⓘ death ⓘ
transmission	oral tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2" → hasTrack → The Trees They Do Grow High ⓘ

subject surface form: Joan Baez, Vol. 2

album "Joan Baez in Concert" → hasPart → The Trees They Do Grow High ⓘ

subject surface form: Joan Baez in Concert

this entity surface form: “The Trees They Do Grow High”