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Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Lyrics
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passin'
Where have all the flowers gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time passin'
Where have all the young girls gone
A 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 passin'
Where have all the young men gone
A long, 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
Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time passin'
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
A long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone
Gone to flowers every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Where have all those flowers gone
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Ooo, I know those young girls picked them every one
(Where have all the flowers gone)
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Umm, Where have those soldiers gone
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Gone to grave yards every one
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Oh, won't they ever learn
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Oh
Long time passin'
Where have all the flowers gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
Long time passin'
Where have all the young girls gone
A long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
Long time passin'
Where have all the young men gone
A long, 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
Long time passin'
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
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone
A long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone
Gone to flowers every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Where have all those flowers gone
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Ooo, I know those young girls picked them every one
(Where have all the flowers gone)
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Umm, Where have those soldiers gone
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Gone to grave yards every one
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Oh, won't they ever learn
(Where have all the flowers gone)
Oh
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There are too many versions of the lyrics! But the basic premise is always the same. Long ago, young girls picked all the flowers. These girls have since grown up and married. Their husbands have fought in the war, died and been buried. But now we can't find their graves, because flowers have grown over them. But this just brings us back to the question of where said flowers are.
You could look at it another way, in which the final verse provides an answer to the original "where have all the flowers gone?" question: they're now over the graves of deceased soldiers.