WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?

where have all the flowers gone : long time passing?
where have all the flowers gone : long time ago?
where have all the flowers gone?
gone to young girls 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 to soldiers every one
when will they ever learn : when will they ever learn?

and where have all the soldiers gone : long time passing?
where have all the soldiers gone : a long time ago?
where have all the soldiers gone ?
gone to graveyards every one
when will they ever learn : when will they ever learn?

and 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: oh when will they ever learn?

                                        traditional • seeger • hickerson