Where have all the flowers gone?

[overthehill]

?
 

[herthab]

It's winter.

They've all died.

[janaage]

World War I poem that is isn't it?  Very moving some of the WWI literature, such a waste of a generation.

edit - not a WWI poem, as I've always thought, Vietnam, protest song from the 60's.

[herthab]

I thought it was a genuine question, not yet another plonker starting a thread with a verse from a song.

[janaage]

It may have been Hertha, just reminded me of the song, which reminds me of war.

[Luci]

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?