I Sowed Some Seeds

DESCRIPTION: The singer courts his landlord's daughter: "being a stranger I fell in danger." "I sowed some seed, all in some grove ... [where] grows no green." The landlord's daughter must "reap the seed that I have sown." She has a son.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Reeves-TheEverlastingCircle)
KEYWORDS: sex childbirth pregnancy
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople 45, "I Sowed Some Seeds" (1 text)
Reeves-TheEverlastingCircle 72, "I Sowed Some Seeds" (1 text)

Roud #914
File: ReSh045

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