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What's the life of a man any more than a leaf?
A man has his seasons, so why should he breathe?
From old to this life we appear fine and gay
Like a leaf we must wither and soon fade away
As I was a-walkin' one morning with ease
Viewing the leaves that had fell from the trees
All in full motion, appearing to be
And those that had withered, they fell from the tree
What's the life of a man any more than a leaf?
A man has his seasons, so why should he breathe?
From old to this life we appear fine and gay
Like a leaf we must wither and soon fade away
If you had seen the leaves just a few days ago
How beautiful and bright they did all seem to grow
A frost came upon them and withered them all
And a storm came upon them and damn'd made it fall
What's the life of a man any more than a leaf?
A man has his seasons, so why should he breathe?
From old to this life we appear fine and gay
Like a leaf we must wither and soon fade away
If you look in our churchyard, there you will see
Those that have passed like a leaf on a tree
When age and affliction upon us have called
Like a leaf we must wither and down we must fall
What's the life of a man any more than a leaf?
A man has his seasons, so why should he breathe?
From old to this life we appear fine and gay
Like a leaf we must wither and soon fade away
