Key: A major
Verse 1
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C
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I sowed the seeds of love,
it was all in the spring
In April, May and in June likewise,
while small birds they do sing
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While small birds they do sing
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In April, May, and in June, likewise,
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while small birds they do sing.
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My garden was planted well,
with flowers everywhere,
but I hadn't the liberty to
choose for myself
the flowers that I loved dear,
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the flowers that I loved dear.
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But I hadn't the liberty to
choose for myself
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C
the flowers that I loved dear.
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My gardener, he stood by,
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and I asked him to choose for me.
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He chose me the violet,
the lily and the pink,
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but those I refused all three.
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But those I refused all three.
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and that's the flower for me
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Dm
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For often have I plucked at the red rose bud
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F
Till I gained the willow tree
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For often have I plucked
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at the red rose bud,
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till I gained the willow tree.
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Come all you false young men,
don't leave me to complain.
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For grass that is often be
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ing trampled underfoot,
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F
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given time it will rise again.
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For grass that is often being
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trampled underfoot,
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Given time it will rise again.
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For a grass that has often been
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given time it will rise again.
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