I sowed the seeds of love (Gustav Holst)
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- (Posted 2016-04-29) CPDL #39454: LilyPond
- Editor: Peter Kaplan (submitted 2016-04-29). Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 2.73 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: With piano reduction for rehearsal only.
General Information
Title: I Sowed the Seeds of Love
Composer: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: folksong collected by G.B.Gardinercreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
with occasional divisi
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1916
Description: One of six folksongs in the set.
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Original text and translations
English text
1 I sowed the seeds of love
I sowed them in the spring
I gather'd them up in the morning so soon
When small birds sweetly sing
2 My garden was planted well
With flowers everywhere
But I had not the liberty to choose
The flow'r that I lov'd so dear
3 The gardener standing by
I asked him to choose for me
He chose for me the violet, the lily, the pink
But these I refused all three
4 The violet I did not like
Because it fades so soon
The lily and pink I did over-think
And vow'd I would wait till June
5 In June is a red, red Rose
And that is the flower for me
I'll pluck it and think that no lily or pink
Can match with the bud on that tree