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I Found Love

Arranged by Wally Collins

With the talented assistance of Tony Alcantara, Spring Sing offers these resources for learning or re-learning our unofficial theme song, “I Found Love.”

Back in the early ’60’s, Alison Geist, daughter of Grunyon Woody Geist, discovered this gem recorded by The Free Design. Wally Collins got a hold of it and did the arrangement that we all sing today.

“I Found Love” was first performed by The Grunyons at Spring Sing 12 in 1969, hosted by the Off Sounders in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Download PDF of Revised Transcription of “I Found Love”

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Recording of Wally Collins directing the Spring Sing family in Alexander Hall, Princeton University, at Spring Sing 24 in 1981, following the announcement of the engagement of Bill Howard of the Augmented 8 to Libby Geist, daughter of Woody Geist (Grunyons). This was in fact the first intergroup marriage to come out of the Spring Sing family.

I Found Love

First sung at Spring Sing in 1969 by The Grunyons in Greenwich (hosted by the Off Sounders)
Arrangement by Walter S. Collins
Original words and music by Chris Dedrick, The Free Design

I found love, didn’t even know I needed it
But I found love, never even crossed my mind
I found love, had a garden never weeded it
But I found love, took an apple just in time

I found love in the fall and it did not hurt at all
I found sunlight and flowers, soft summer showers
I can feel my heart touch my Adams apple
I can feel the feather in my head
There is a lightness, politeness, fingers tingle, tootsies tap
’til dawn comes and finds me never in my bed

I found love, didn’t even know I needed it
But I found love, never even crossed my mind

I found love in the spring and I did not lose a thing
I found love in the fall and it did not hurt at all
I found sunlight and flowers, soft summer showers.
I can feel my heart touch my Adams apple
I can feel [a] feather in my head
There is a lightness, politeness, fingers tingle, tootsies tap
‘til dawn comes and finds me never in my bed

Had a garden never weeded it
But I found love
Took an apple just in time

I found love in this world and my heart strings just unfurled
I found love in the spring and I did not lose a thing
I found love in the fall and it did not hurt at all
I found love, I found love, I found love!

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  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Board of Directors
    • Pan Award
    • In Memoriam
    • I Found Love
    • Spring Sing Venue List
  • Spring Sing
    • Spring Sing 69
    • Spring Sing 68 (Denver 2025)
    • Spring Sing 68 Program
    • Spring Sing 68 Performance Audio
    • Venue History Since 1957
    • Recent Venues
      • Spring Sing 67 – Cape Cod 2024
        • Spring Sing 67 Program
      • Spring Sing 66 – Detroit 2023
      • Spring Sing 65 – Maine 2022
      • Spring Sing 64 – Virtual 2021
      • Spring Sing 63 – Greenwich 2020
      • Spring Sing 62 – Detroit 2019
      • Spring Sing 61 – Princeton 2018
      • Spring Sing 60 – Chicago 2017
      • Spring Sing 59 – Washington 2016
  • Media
    • SS68 – Audio – Denver 2025
    • SS68 – Gallery – Denver 2025
    • SS67 – Audio – Cape Cod 2024
    • SS66 – Video – Detroit 2023
    • SS65 – Audio – Bar Harbor 2022
    • SS65 – Photos – Bar Harbor 2022
    • SS64 – Virtual Videos – 2021
    • I Found Love
    • SS62 – Audio – Detroit 2019
    • SS61 – Audio – Princeton 2018
    • SS60 – Audio – Chicago 2017
    • SS60 – Photos – Chicago 2017
    • SS59 – Videos – Washington 2016
    • 2016 Photographs
    • SS58 – Audio – Boulder 2015
    • Spring Sing on Instagram
  • Latest News
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  • Donate
    • Donation Form
    • Legacy Gifts