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Thread #124449 Message #4212506
Posted By: Pappy Fiddle
28-Nov-24 - 09:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'
Subject: RE: Origins: 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'
My fingers are twitching, isn't anyone going to post the full-circle lyrics?
OK, for the sake of archival completeness, here we go. I got these off some website, altho I remember the words; just didn't want to type all that. For the sake of historical completeness, I include after the 3rd verse some foo-foo the website injected.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone trad / various improvements as discussed above
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Young girls picked them, every one When will they ever learn? 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 Where have all the young girls gone? Gone to young men, every one When will they ever learn? 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 Where have all the young men gone? Gone for soldiers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
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Where have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing Where have all the soldiers gone? A long, long time ago Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing Where have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, every one When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
========= For me, these revolving stanzas summarize most of history. You folks on Saturn reading this must think we humans see war as an enjoyable thing, the way we keep wallowing in it. And don't even ask why we tolerate so much advertizing.