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Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them every one.
Oh, when will they ever learn?

— Pete Seeger Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (1955)

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The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.

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And a time for every purpose under heaven.

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