What's The Life Of A Man? - Steeleye Span

As I was a-walking one morning at ease

A viewing the leaves as they fell from the trees

All in slow motion appearing to be

Like those that had withered, they fell from the trees

And if you’d seen those trees just a few days ago

How beautiful and green they all seemed to grow

But a frost came upon them and withered them all

And a storm came upon them and down they did fall

What’s the life of a man any more than a leaf

A man has his seasons, so why should we grieve

Although in this world, we appear fin and gay

Like a leaf we must withr and soon fade away

If you look in the churchyard, it’s there you will see

Those that have passed like a leaf from the tree

When age and affliction upon them did fall

Like a leaf they did wither and down they did fall

What’s the life of a man any more than a leaf

A man has his seasons, so why should we grieve

Although in this world, we appear fine and gay

Like a leaf we must wither and soon fade away

What’s the life of a man?