Name: The Seeds of Love
Duration: P00H03M16S
Description: It's quite intimidating to tackle the original English folk song. We decided to keep it simple, and then enjoyed experimenting with backing vocals to recreate the sounds of our buzzing summer garden outside. The words of the last verse, with their message of hope and regeneration, felt like the perfect ending for this record.

The Seeds of Love

from Henry Martin by Edgelarks: Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin

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It's quite intimidating to tackle the original English folk song. We decided to keep it simple, and then enjoyed experimenting with backing vocals to recreate the sounds of our buzzing summer garden outside. The words of the last verse, with their message of hope and regeneration, felt like the perfect ending for this record.

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Oh I sowed the seeds of love
For to blossom all in the spring
I sowed them 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 choosed for to keep the key
Till some young man came a courting 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 chose me the lily, the violet, and the pink
All those flowers I refused all three
All those flowers I refused all three

Oh the violet I did not like
Because it would fade too soon
And the lily and the pink I fairly overlooked
And I vowed I would stay till June
I vowed I would stay till June

For in June there grows a red, red rose
And that is the flower for me
Oft times I have plucked at the red rose bud
Till I gained the willow tree
Till I gained the willow tree

Oh the willow tree will twist
And the willow tree will twine
And so will that false 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 oft times have trampled under foot
Give it time it will rise again
Give it time it will rise again

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from Henry Martin, released December 11, 2020

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Edgelarks fly in on the tailwind of BBC award winning duo Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin. Combining soulful original songwriting with deep folk roots and influences as diverse as Indian classical and American blues, this duo produce a sound like no other. ... more

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