| "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" | |
|---|---|
 Columbia Hall of Fame 45 rpm single release as 13-33088 featuring the November 1962 version | |
| Song | |
| Language | English |
| Released | March 14, 1955 |
| Length | 3:04 |
| Composer(s) | Pete Seeger |
| Lyricist(s) | Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson |
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" is a folk song written by American singer-songwriter Pete Seeger in 1955. Inspired lyrically by the traditional Cossack folk song "Koloda-Duda", Seeger borrowed an Irish melody for the music,[1] and published the first three verses in Sing Out! magazine.[2] Additional verses were added in May 1960 by Joe Hickerson, who turned it into a circular song.[3] Its rhetorical "where?" and meditation on death place the song in the ubi sunt tradition.[4] In 2010, the New Statesman listed it as one of the "Top 20 Political Songs".[5]
The 1964 release of the song as a Columbia Records Hall of Fame series 45 single, 13–33088, by Pete Seeger was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 in the Folk category.
- ^ ""Where have all the Flowers gone," connecting Ukraine and Ireland, a chat with Pete Seeger". YouTube.
- ^ Seeger, Pete. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone". Sing Out!. 11 (5).
- ^ Hickerson, Joe (2009–2010). "The Songfinder". Sing Out!. 53 (2): 76.
- ^ Jones, Chris (February 11, 2014). "'Where have all the flowers gone?' and the ubi sunt motif". University of St Andrews. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ Smith, Ian K (March 25, 2010). "Top 20 Political Songs: Where Have All the Flowers Gone". New Statesman. Retrieved March 25, 2010.