The Seeds of Love

Oh, I sowed the seeds of love

For to blossom all in the spring

I sowed it all on one May morning

While the small birds they did sing

While the small birds they did sing

Oh, I locked my garden gate

And I chose for to keep the key

Till some young man came a-courtin' me

And he stole my heart away

And he stole my heart away

Oh, the gardener was standing by

And I asked him to choose for me

He choose me the violet, the lily and the pink

For those flowers I refilled all three

For those flowers I refilled all three

Oh, the violet I did not like

Because it would fade so soon

But the lily and the pink I fairly overloomed

And I vowed I would stay till June

And I vowed I would stay till June

For in June there grows the red red rose

And that is the flower for me

I'm all the time plucked at the red rose bud

Till I gain the willow tree

Till I gain the willow tree

Oh, the willow tree will twist

And the willow tree it will twine

And so will that false and deluded young man

That once stole the heart of mine

That once stole the heart of mine

Oh, come all you fair young maids

A warning take by me

For the grass that you all time do trample underfoot

Give it time it will rise again

Give it time it will rise again