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    • The lyrics are Pete Seeger’s adaptation of Ecclesiastes 3:1 – 8, which reads as follows (Revised Standard Version):

      To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
      A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
      A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
      A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
      A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to
      refrain from embracing;
      A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
      A time to tear, and a time to sew,; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
      A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

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