The Green Leaves of Summer [German translation]

A time to be reaping

A time to be sowing

The green leaves of summer

Are calling me home

Twas 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

A time just for ploughing

A time to be courting a girl of your own

Twas so good to be young, then

To be close to the earth

And to stand by and watch

The moment of birth

Twas so good to be young, then

To be close to the earth

Now the green leaves of summer

Are calling me home

Twas so good to be young, then

To be close to the earth

Now the green leaves of summer

Are calling me home

• Artist:John Foster