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The Green Leaves Of Summer Lyrics By The Brothers Four

    oooooooooooh oooh ooh

    a time to be reaping a time to be sowing
    the green leaves of summer are calling me home
    it was good to be young then in the season of plenty
    when the catfish were jumping as high as the sky

    a time just for planting a time just for plowing
    a time to be courting a girl of your own
    t’was so good to be young then to be close to the earth
    and to stand by your wife at the moment of birth

    a time to be reaping a time to be sowing
    a time just for living a place for to die
    t’was so good to be young then to be close to the earth
    now the green leaves of summer are calling me home

    t’was so good to be young then to be close to the earth
    now the green leaves of summer are calling be home

    ooooooooooooooh oooh oooh

    Artist: The Brothers Four

    Year: 1960

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 67