Written byPete SeegerLanguageEnglishISWC
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Comments Lyrics based on three lines from the book "And Quiet Flows the Don" by Mikhail Sholokov. Those three lines originally came from the Russian song "Koloda Duda". Seeger's original version only has three verses. Published by
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone written by Pete Seeger English
Seek and You Shall Find - Fare Well, Little Fishes - Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Never Again … | Pete Seeger | 1960 | First release Medley | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | The Kingston Trio | December 18, 1961 | Live | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Peter, Paul and Mary | May 1962 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Countrymen | November 1962 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Tommy Steele | December 1962 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Johnny Mann Singers | 1962 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Svend Asmussen & Ulrik Neumann | 1962 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Howard Morrison Quartet | 1962 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Searchers | July 1963 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Freddie Scott | November 1963 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Bobby Darin | December 1963 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Nina & Frederik | 1963 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Eddy Arnold and The Needmore Creek Singers | January 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Cy Grant | July 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Brothers Four | October 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Vera Lynn with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra | 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Saxons [GB] | 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Judita | 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Lennon Sisters & Cousins | 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The 4 Seasons | 1964 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Marlene Dietrich with Accompaniment directed by Burt Bacharach | January 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Walter Jackson | July 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Åse Kleveland | August 9, 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Nick Taylor | 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Lee Curtis & The All-Stars | 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Brian Hyland | 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Johnny Rivers | 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas | 1965 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Harry Belafonte | April 1, 1966 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Shirley Verrett | 1966 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Merrymen featuring Emile Straker | 1966 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | The Merrymen | 1966 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Living Voices | 1966 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Helen Merrill | 1966 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Father Columba McManus | January 1967 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Louis Gossett Jr (Louis Gossett Jr) | November 1967 | Unverified | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Joan Baez | 1967 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | The Hiltonaires [JM] | 1967 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | January 6, 1968 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Les Sauterelles | July 1968 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Chambers Brothers | October 1968 | |||
Tribute to Dietrich: Falling in Love Again - Where Have All the Flowers Gone - The Laziest Gal in T… | Elizabeth Larner & Mark Ryan | 1969 | Medley | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | The Crown Folk with Dana Scott | 1969 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Peddlers | 1969 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Mitch Miller & The Gang | November 1970 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Olive Branch | 1970 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Roy Orbison | 1970 | Unverified | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Earth, Wind & Fire | October 19, 1972 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Anne Lise Gjøstøl | 1972 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Richie Havens | 1972 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Swingle II | 1974 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Felicia Wong | 1974 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias | 1978 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | United Singers | 1979 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Roy Bulkin | 1981 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Bernie Sanders and 30 Vermont Artists | 1987 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Lia Linda | 1994 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Savage Rose | 1995 | |||
Folk Influence | Turtle Creek Chorale | 1997 | Medley | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Tommy Sands with Dolores Keane & Vedran Smailović | March 17, 1998 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Liz Callaway | May 15, 2001 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Jasperina de Jong | 2002 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Siân Phillips | April 2003 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Tamra Rosanes | July 5, 2004 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Olivia Newton-John | October 17, 2004 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Dolly Parton with Norah Jones and Lee Ann Womack | October 11, 2005 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Turtle Creek Chorale | 2006 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Speaker Bite Me | March 12, 2007 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger | 2007 | Live | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Jennifer Ward-Lealand | 2007 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Tomas Nicholas | 2007 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Chris de Burgh | November 21, 2008 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Jimmy Somerville | May 19, 2009 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Sten & Stanley | 2009 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Dennis and Christy Soares | 2011 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind /Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Hannes Wader & Allan Taylor | 2013 | Live Medley | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Naomi Berrill | 2014 | Unverified | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Nicki White | July 5, 2015 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Petra Haden, Jesse Harris | April 29, 2016 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Spook Handy | June 3, 2016 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Pat Surface | 2016 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Esther Kaiser | August 31, 2018 | Medley | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? / Here's to the Heroes | Aled Jones & Russell Watson | November 9, 2018 | Medley | ||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Donovan | 2019 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Eliza Gilkyson | April 10, 2020 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Kronos Quartet feat. Sam Amidon, Brian Carpenter, Lee Knight, and Aoife O'Donovan | July 29, 2020 |
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind written by Max Colpet German
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Marlene Dietrich | 1962 | First release | ||
Sag' mir, wo die Blumen sind | Lolita [AT] | 1963 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | The Springfields [GB] | 1963 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Will Ferdy | 1964 | Unverified | ||
Sagt mir wo die Blumen sind | Joan Baez | October 1965 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Freddy Quinn | 1970 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Irwin Goodman | 1971 | |||
Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind | Friedrich Schütter | 1972 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Juliane Werding | 1973 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Katja Ebstein | 1974 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Peter, Sue & Marc | 1976 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Nana Mouskouri | 1978 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Cassiber | 1982 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Hannes Wader mit Lydie Auvray, Reinhard Bärenz, Hans Hartmann | 1982 | Live | ||
Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind | City [DE] | 1983 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Arja | 1983 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Udo Lindenberg + Panikorchester - Shanna Bitschewskaja | 1985 | Medley | ||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Rio Reiser - Marian Gold - Allstars | 1986 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Hildegard Knef | June 1993 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Judy Winter | 1998 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Jasperina de Jong | 2002 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Lisa Wahlandt | 2003 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Asher Quinn | 2007 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Leah Thys | February 22, 2008 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind /Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Hannes Wader & Allan Taylor | 2013 | Live Medley | ||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Einstürzende Neubauten | November 7, 2014 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Gaby Rückert & Ingo Koster | 2014 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Rosemary Standley | 2016 | |||
Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Esther Kaiser | August 31, 2018 | Medley | ||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Leæther Strip | September 7, 2018 | |||
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind | Pierre Lapointe | February 7, 2022 |
Where did all the flower go?
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a modern folk-style song. Inspired lyrically by the traditional Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", Pete Seeger borrowed an Irish melody and the first three verses in 1955 and published it in Sing Out! magazine.
What is the meaning behind Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
— an anti-war song with roots in the Don valley. Pete Seeger used an old Cossack lullaby to craft a powerful lament for dead soldiers and those they leave behind. Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger in 1955 © Getty Images. Miles Ellingham March 14 2022.
Where Have All the Flowers Gone Joan Baez meaning?
As a young man I remember the horrors of this conflict, one that nobody really comprehended, yet millions had to go and fight not knowing if they would come back safe. Many did not, and others came back with problems and memories that would haunt them forever. This song encapsulates the tragic feeling of that era.
What year was the song Where Have All the Flowers Gone released?
1962Where Have All the Flowers Gone / Releasednull