I checked DT first and Seeds of Love is listed, but the clicky leads me to a "Sorry, no documents were found which match your query."

The words are as follows:—

I sowed the seeds of love,
And I sowed them in the spring:
I gathered them up in the morning so soon
While the small birds so sweetly sing.
While the small birds so sweetly sing.

My garden was planted well
With flowers everywhere.
But I had not the liberty to choose for myself
Of the flowers that I love so dear.
Of the flowers that I love so dear.

The gardener was standing by,
And I asked him to choose for me.
He chose for me the violet, the lily and the pink,
But those I refused - all three.

In June there's a red rosebud,
And that is the flower for me.
I often times have plucked that red rosebud
Till I gainèd the willow tree.
Till I gainèd the willow tree.

This song has a really lovely melody (when I get time, I'm going to try to whup up a MIDI for it), and it's been beautifully recorded by Andrew Rowan Summers accompanying himself on the dulcimer. I have the old Folkways vinyl, but the record is available on Smithsonian-Folkways, Seeds of Love (1951) F-2021 (Cassette, $10.95; CD, $19.95). Lots of good love songs on this disc. (Summers has also done a beautiful record (probably several, actually) of ballads: The Unquiet Grave and Other American Tragic Ballads (1951) F-2364 (Cassette, $10.95; CD, $19.95)). Lots of "revival" singers used Summers's records as a source for some of their more serious stuff.

I really have to salute Masato for his posts. His information is always accurate, and the links he posts almost always help me expand my own knowledge. Thank you, Masato!

Don Firth