Monday 21 January 2013

Where have all the flowers gone?


Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?

words and music by Pete Seeger



Bodie California 'Ghost Town' Photograph by Masja Stolk 

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