Green Leaves Of Summer lyrics

The green leaves of summer A time to be reaping A time to be sowing The green leaves of summer Are calling me home Was so 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 And the time just for ploughing A time to be courting Courting a girl of your own Was so good to be young then To be close to the earth And to stand by your wife At the moment of birth, wo... A time to be reaping A time to be sowing A time just for living A place for to die " It was so good to be young then To be close to the earth Now the green leaves of summer Are calling me home " It was so good to be young then To be close to the earth Now the green leaves of summer Are calling me home