The Seeds of Love
SSAA choral/piano score
LL-VG440-V-Choir and Piano
"The Seeds of Love" is song V of 'Love Songs For Springtime' by Paul Halley, a cycle of six works with reprise, that celebrates the romance and ironies of love in springtime.
Please note that "The Seeds of Love" is the only one of the works in the song cycle that is voiced for SSAA, not SATB.
If you wish to purchase the full song cycle at a collection discount, please go to: Love Songs For Springtime | Pelagos Music
Texts
The Seeds of Love
Song V of ‘Love Songs for Springtime’
Text: Traditional English
Music: Paul Halley
I sowed the seeds of love, and it was all in the spring,
In April, May, and June, likewise, when small birds they do sing;
My garden is well planted with flowers everywhere,
Yet for myself I could not choose the flower that I loved so dear.
My gardener he stood by, I asked him to choose for me,
He chose me the violet, the lily and pink but those I refused all three;
The violet I forsook, because it fades so soon,
The lily and pink I did o’er-look, and I vowed I’d stay till June.
In June there’s a red rosebud, and that’s the flower for me!
But oft have I plucked at the red rosebud till I gained the willow tree;
The willow tree will twist, and the willow tree will twine,
Oh! I wish I was in the dear youth’s arms that once had the heart of mine.
My gardener he stood by, he told me to take great care,
For in the middle of a red rosebud there grows a sharp thorn there,
I told him I’d take no care till I did feel the smart,
And often I plucked at the red rosebud till I pierced it to the heart.
I’ll make a posy of hyssop, for no other I can touch,
That all the world may plainly see I love one flower too much;
My garden is run wild! Where shall I plant anew -
For my bed, that once was covered with thyme, is all over-run with rue?
