WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
Fri, 05-25-2007 - 11:16am

I love this song, and for Memorial Day, I think it is so very appropriate, given the war in Iraq, and all wars in the past:

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE
words and music by Pete Seeger
performed by Pete Seeger and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have 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?
Taken husbands 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?

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

thanks to: http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/flowers-gone.shtml

Here's more info on Memorial Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day



Blessings,

Gypsy

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