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who wrote where have all the flowers gone lyrics
Pete Seeger and Joe Hickerson wrote the lyrics for Where Have All The Flowers Gone.
when did pete seeger and joe hickerson write where have all the flowers gone
The melody and the first three verses were written by Pete Seeger in 1955 and published in Sing Out! magazine. Additional verses were added in May 1960 by Joe Hickerson.

Question: what was the inspiration
Self-contained rewrite: what was the inspiration for where have all the flowers gone