# Song ID requested

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 14, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685 "2026-01-14T15:43:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685/1 "2026-01-14T15:43:05Z")

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I was just thinking about a song I used to hear back when I used my Pandora station. It was set to Industrial/EBM/Goth music, but it eventually always seemed to drift over to playing some of what I’d call “Ren Faire music” (artists like Celtic Woman). I didn’t mind because I like that style too.

Anyway, the song. All I remember about it was that is had a very Ren Faire/medieval feel to it. The subject was a woman who had been forced to marry a young boy (he was like fourteen or something) to form a political alliance. She wasn’t crazy about the idea, but eventually grew to love him because he was a good person. He went off to war at sixteen and died, and she was left to raise their child alone. There was a line about him being “very young” or “too young” or something like that, and a verse where she watched him playing sports with his friends.

I bet this one won’t be too hard, but my Google-fu is failing me.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685/2 "2026-01-14T16:46:02Z")

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> [@Infovore](#):
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> Industrial/EBM/Goth

Did you mean EDM (electronic dance music)? If not, what is EBM?

Was the vocalist male or female?

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685/3 "2026-01-14T17:09:56Z")

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Anyway, the song is “The Trees They Do Grow High”, which is a traditional Scottish folk song. It’s been covered by several artists including Joan Baez, but I struggle to see her version being included in the Pandora station you describe. Maybe there’s a more industrial/goth version.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685/4 "2026-01-14T17:49:03Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> > [@Infovore](#):
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> > Industrial/EBM/Goth
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> Did you mean EDM (electronic dance music)? If not, what is EBM?
> 
> Was the vocalist male or female?

EBM is Electronic Body Music. Basically the same thing–I might be using an old term.

Vocalist is female.

And thanks - that is exactly the song I was looking for! And yeah, that’s not the version I know, but it wasn’t goth/industrial. Like I said, my Pandora station drifted a lot. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685/5 "2026-01-14T20:28:25Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> Anyway, the song is “The Trees They Do Grow High”, which is a traditional Scottish folk song. It’s been covered by several artists including Joan Baez

I love the version by **Pentangle** , but it is an folky acoustic interpretation.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-requested/1026685/6 "2026-01-14T20:33:38Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> Anyway, the song is “The Trees They Do Grow High”, which is a traditional Scottish folk song.

Often called “Geordie”.