TREES THEY GROW SO HIGH, THE
Created on 20/11/2014Latest update on 12/02/2024
Artist: David Penfold
Author: traditional
Year: 1907
The inn keeper of The Plough in Rusper, Sussex. Recording made by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Covers:
- 1956:
A.L. Lloyd [as The Trees They Do Grow High]
- 1960:
Shirley Collins [as Bonny Bonny Boy]
- 1961:
Joan Baez [as The Trees They Do Grow High]
- 1964:
Joe Heaney [as My Bonny Boy Is Young; Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger recording]
- 1965:
Martin Carthy [as The Trees They Do Grow High]
- 1965:
Bob Dylan [as Young And Daily Growing during the Blonde On Blonde sessions (Bootleg Series Vol 12) and in '67 during the Basement sessions (Bootleg Series Vol 11)]
- 1968:
Pentangle [as The Trees They Do Grow High]
- 1970:
Robin & Barry Dransfield [idem]
- 1972:
- 1974:
Steeleye Span [as Long-A-Growing]
- 1975:
- 1975:
Angelo Branduardi [as Gli Alberi Sono Alti]
- 1981:
Mary Townsley [as Young But Growing]
- 1988:
Sarah Brightman [title track lp]
- 1995:
Eliza Carthy [as Growing (The Trees They Do Grow High)]
- 2002:
Altan [as Daily Growing]
- 2019:
Maija Sofia [o Bath Time; see also: The Wife Of Michael Cleary]
- 2023:
ØXN [as The Trees They Do Grow High]
Robert Burns used this pre-arranged marriage situation for his poem Lady Mary Ann (published in 1792). Versions as such: Lizzie Higgins ('75) in the series The Voice Of The People Vol 17 (Topic) and Jean Redpath ('96) on The Songs Of Robert Burns Vol 1 & 2 (Philo).
