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Title
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What's the life of a man?
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Singer
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Wright, James W.
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
As I was a walking one morn at my ease,
A viewing the leaves as they fell from the trees,
Their rolling full motion appeared fine and gay,
Like the leaf they must wither and soon fade away.
Chorus
What's the life of a man any more than a leave,
For man has a season and why should he grieve,
Below in the world he appears fine and gay,
Like the leaf he shall wither and soon fade away.
Verse 2
If you seen the green leaves a short time ago,
A rolling full motion appearing to grow;
But the frost came upon them and withered them all,
Like the leaf he must wither and down he must fall.
Chorus
Verse 3
If you look in yonder churchyard many names there you'll see,
They went from this world like a leaf from a tree.
Afflicted and wounded at least they must fall:
Like the green leaf it did wither and down it did fall.
Chorus
