| A time to be reapin', a time to be sowin'.
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| The green leaves of Summer are callin' me home.
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| 'Twas so good to be young then, in a season of plenty,
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| When the catfish were jumpin' as high as the sky.
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| A time just for plantin', a time just for ploughin'.
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| A time to be courtin' a girl of your own.
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| 'Twas so good to be young then, to be close to the earth,
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| And to stand by your wife at the moment of birth.
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| A time to be reapin', a time to be sowin'.
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| The green leaves of Summer are callin' me home.
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| 'Twas so good to be young then, with the sweet smell of apples,
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| And the owl in the pine tree a-winkin' his eye.
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| A time just for plantin', a time just for ploughin'.
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| A time just for livin', a place for to die.
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| 'Twas so good to be young then, to be close to the earth,
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| Now the green leaves of Summer are callin' me home.
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| 'Twas so good to be young then, to be close to the earth,
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| Now the green leaves of Summer are callin' me home. |