For more years than I care to admit, I have sung a shorter version of this song , which I always knew as "Life of a Man". The chorus goes-- "What's the life of a man any more than a leaf? A man has his season, so why should he grieve? All thro' this life we appear fine and gay' Then like leaves we will wither, and soon fade away" Verse- "Had you seen the leaves but a few days ago----etc." Certainly not a little-known version; singing it on-stage some years back, found the [offstage] Macalmans joining me in the chorus.