Union Songs
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
A Song by Pete Seeger©1961 (Renewed) Fall River Music Inc
All Rights Reserved.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?
Notes
This song has been recorded by hundreds of singers since it was written by Pete Seeger in 1956 at the height f the Cold War. It rapidly travelled around the world, and was translated into many languages. Marlene Dietrich first sang the song in Paris (in French, as "Qui peut dire vont les fleurs?"), at a concert in 1962.
In 1972, at the height of the Vietnam War Dietrich sang it (in English) at a concert in London
Here is that awesome version courtesy of UTube
see also http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/where.html
union songs..........a selection by mark gregory