1 Sowing the seed in the daylight fair,
Sowing the seed in the noonday’s glare;
Sowing the seed in the soft twilight,
Sowing the seed in the solemn night.

Refrain:
What shall the harvest be?
Oh, what shall the harvest be?
When the sowing time is past and gone,
What shall the harvest be?

2 Sowing the seed by the wayside high,
Sowing the seed on the rocks to die;
Sowing the seed where the thorns will spoil,
Sowing the seed in the fertile soil. [Refrain]

3 Sowing the seed of a ling’ring pain,
Sowing the seed of a maddened brain;
Sowing the seed of a tarnished name,
Sowing the seed of eternal shame. [Refrain]