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這是一首美國的當代民謠，也是一首非常著名的「反戰」歌曲。2010年，英國的政治性週刊New Statesman，將此曲排名在政治歌曲 ( Political song ) 的前20名。

這首歌的作者Pete Seeger在後來的訪談中提到，這首歌的歌詞是取材自俄國作家肖洛霍夫的小說《And Quiet Flows the Don ( 靜靜的頓河 )》，書中哥薩克的騎兵競相參加帝俄的軍隊，同時唱道---『Where are the flowers? The girls have plucked them. Where are the girls? They've all taken husbands. Where are the men? They're all in the army。』Pete Seeger將這些詞句記在他的筆記本中，多年以後又再想起，也忽然得到了「Long time passing」這句的靈感，Pete Seeger將兩者加在一起寫成了歌詞，不過開始時只有前三段，後來有位Joe Hickerson又補上了兩段，才成為了現在的歌詞。

歌詞主要的敘述：
花兒都到哪裡去了？ → 被女孩摘走了
女孩都到哪裡去了？ → 去找她們的男人了
男人都到哪裡去了？ → 上戰場當軍人去了
軍人都到哪裡去了？ → 都進了墓園了
墓園又都去了哪裡？ → 墓園都長出了花朵

從代表愛意的美麗花朵到墓園上讓人追憶的花朵，藉花的輪迴，帶出戰爭會造成喪失性命的痛苦和不幸，意涵當然是在反戰。相信絕大多數人都同意應儘量避免戰爭，而若面臨國家的主權和生存，縱使明知會犧牲性命，我認為仍應不惜一戰。

這首歌除了寫歌者Pete Seeger自己，其他的翻唱者也是一大拖拉庫，較知名的有The Kingston Trio、Peter，Paul & Mary等，但我還是比較喜歡民謠皇后Joan Baez的版本，就像之前說過的 --- 我覺得她的歌聲聽來較有那種漂泊的滄桑感。




Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, 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 for young mans everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young mans gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young mans gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young mans gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, 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, everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, 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?
Gone to flowers, everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?