Lyrics:

2003
Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin

A time to be reapin', a time to be sowin'
The green leaves of summer are callin' me home
'Twas so good to be young then, in a season of plenty
When the catfish were jumpin' as high as the sky

A time to be plantin', a time to be livin'
A time to be courtin' a girl of your own
'Twas so good to be young then, in a season of plenty
And the green leaves of summer are callin' me home

A time to be reapin', a time to be sowin'
A time just for livin', a place for to die
'Twas so good to be young then, to be close to the earth
And to stand by your wife at the moment of birth
The green leaves of summer are callin' me home