… in the garden of your heart, a 1909 song
words by Ballard MacDonald
music by Jas. W. Tate
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Busy little honey bees were buzzing to and fro
Humming in the Summer air
Gathering the honey and the little drops of dew
That lay within the blossoms fair
A youth and a maid, thro’ a garden strayed
And the youth seemed out of sorts
So the maid with a smile just to tease him said
“I’ll give a penny for your thoughts”
“I was wondering”, said he
Chorus:
“If I should plant a tiny seed of love
In the garden of your heart
Would it grow to be a great big love some day
Or would it die and fade away?
Would you care for it and tend it ev’ry day
Till the time when all must part
If I should plant a tiny seed of love
In the garden of your heart?”
2. “Don’t you know the saying that is very old and true?”
Shyly asked the blushing maid
“Somewhere I have heard it said
Or somewhere I have read
That love’s a bloom that will not fade”
“Ah! yes”, said the youth, “There’s another truth
And you’ve heard it I dare say
For I’ve read or been told just the same as you
True love will blossom in a day”
“Be the gardener”, said he
Sung here by Fred Feild: