“To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven …”
~ “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
~ recorded by “The Byrds”
~ 1965
“Turn! Turn! Turn!” or “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) is a song written by Pete Seeger in the 1950s & first recorded in 1959. The lyrics ~ except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines ~ consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the Biblical Book of Ecclesiastes.
It’s October’s turn to show off its brilliant fall foliage as the leaves turn to autumn hues on a beautiful late October evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
