Who Sang Seeds of Love? Loreena McKennitt
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Credits
publisher: ©Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
writers: Ashley Hutchings, Roger Wilson, Simon Care, Emily Slade
release date: 2008-10-17
genres: Rock Folk, World, & Country
styles: Acoustic
length: 4:55
producer: Loreena McKennitt
lead vocals: Loreena McKennitt
double bass: George Koller
mixer: Jeff Wolpert
violin: Hugh Marsh
keyboard: Loreena McKennitt
viola: Donald Quan
additional engineer: Russell Kearney, Brad Nelson and Mark Peters
acoustic guitar: Aidan Brennan
cello: Caroline Lavelle
acoustic guitar & electric guitar: Brian Hughes
additional mixer: Stuart Bruce
additional editor: Stuart Bruce
assistant producer: Brian Hughes
assistant recording engineer: Russell Kearney
recording engineer: Stuart Bruce
whistle & uilleann pipes: Robert A. White
composer: Loreena McKennitt
lyricist: [traditional]
I sowed the seeds of love
I sowed them in the spring
I gathered them up in the morning so clear
When the small birds so sweetly sing
When the small birds so sweetly sing
The gardener was standing by
I asked him to choose for me
He chose for me the violet, the lily and the pink
But those I refused all three
But those I refused all three
The violet I did not like
Because it bloomed so soon
The lily and the pink I really over-think
So I thought I would wait till June
So I thought I would wait till June
In June there was a red rose bud
That is the flower for me
I often times have plucked that red rose bud
Till I gained the willow tree
Till I gained the willow tree
The willow tree will twist
The willow tree will twine
I often have wished I was in the young man's arms
Who once had the arms of mine
Who once had the arms of mine
I sowed the seeds of love
I sowed them in the spring
I gathered them up in the morning so soon
When the small birds so sweetly sing
When the small birds so sweetly sing
I sowed them in the spring
I gathered them up in the morning so clear
When the small birds so sweetly sing
When the small birds so sweetly sing
The gardener was standing by
I asked him to choose for me
He chose for me the violet, the lily and the pink
But those I refused all three
But those I refused all three
The violet I did not like
Because it bloomed so soon
The lily and the pink I really over-think
So I thought I would wait till June
So I thought I would wait till June
In June there was a red rose bud
That is the flower for me
I often times have plucked that red rose bud
Till I gained the willow tree
Till I gained the willow tree
The willow tree will twist
The willow tree will twine
I often have wished I was in the young man's arms
Who once had the arms of mine
Who once had the arms of mine
I sowed the seeds of love
I sowed them in the spring
I gathered them up in the morning so soon
When the small birds so sweetly sing
When the small birds so sweetly sing
