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| 1 | 1 | I sow'd the seeds of love,
| I sowed the seeds of love, |
| 2 | 2 | And I sow'd them in the spring;
| It will blossom all in the spring, |
| 3 | 3 | I gather'd them up in the morning so soon,
| It will blossom in April, |
| 4 | 4 | When small birds sweetly sing.
| in May, and in June, |
| 5 | 5 |
| When the small birds do sweetly sing. |
| 6 | 6 | My garden was planted well
| |
| 7 | 7 | With flowers ev'ry where,
| My gard'ner was standing by, |
| 8 | 8 | But I had not the liberty to choose
| I asked him to choose for me, |
| 9 | 9 | The flow'r that I lov'd so dear.
| He chose me the lily, the violet and pink, |
| 10 | 10 |
| Each of them I refused all three. |
| 11 | 11 | The gard'ner standing by,
| |
| 12 | 12 | I asked him to choose for me;
| The lily I did not like, |
| 13 | 13 | He chose the Violet, the Lily, the Pink,
| Because it does fade so soon, |
| 14 | 14 | But these I refused all three.
| The violet and pink I did both overlook, |
| 15 | 15 |
| And so now I must bide till June. |
| 16 | 16 | The Violet I did not like
| |
| 17 | 17 | Because it fades so soon;
| In June there's a rosy bud, |
| 18 | 18 | The Lily and Pink I did over think
| And it runs all over me, |
| 19 | 19 | And vow'd I would wait till June.
| Of times I've been kissed by those red rosy lips, |
| 20 | 20 |
| Till I gained the green willow tree. |
| 21 | 21 | In June is a red, red Rose;
| |
| 22 | 22 | And that is the flow'r for me;
| The willow tree will twist, |
| 23 | 23 | I'll pluck it and think that no Lily nor Pink
| And the willow tree will twine, |
| 24 | 24 | Can match with the bud on that tree. | And I wish that I was in that young man's arms, |
| 25 | | That has stolen this heart of mine. |
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