<P> The Biblical text posits there being a time and place for all things: laughter and sorrow, healing and killing, war and peace, and so on . The lines are open to myriad interpretations, but Seeger's song presents them as a plea for world peace because of the closing line: "a time for peace, I swear it's not too late ." This line and the title phrase "Turn! Turn! Turn!" are the only parts of the lyric written by Seeger himself . </P> <P> The song is notable for being one of a few instances in popular music in which a large portion of the Bible is set to music, other examples being the Melodians' "Rivers of Babylon", Sister Janet Mead's "The Lord's Prayer", U2's "40", Sinead O'Connor's "Never Get Old", and Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer". </P> <P> The song was published in illustrated book form by Simon & Schuster in September 2003, with an accompanying CD which contained both Seeger and the Byrds recordings of the song (ISBN 978 - 0 - 689 - 85235 - 0). Wendy Anderson Halperin created a set of detailed illustrations for each set of opposites which are reminiscent of mandalas . The book also includes the Ecclesiastes text from the King James version of the Bible . Handwritten lyrics to the song were among the documents donated to New York University by the Communist Party USA in March 2007 . 45% of the royalties for the song are donated to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions because, in Seeger's own words, "(in addition to the music) I did write six words ." </P> <P> The song was first released by the folk group the Limeliters on their 1962 album Folk Matinee, under the title "To Everything There Is a Season". The Limeliters' version predated the release of Seeger's own version by several months . One of the Limeliter's backing musicians at this time was Jim McGuinn (aka Roger McGuinn), who would later work with folk singer Judy Collins, rearranging the song for her 1963 album, Judy Collins 3 . Collins's recording of the song was retitled as "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)", a title that would be used intermittently by McGuinn's later band the Byrds, when they recorded the song in 1965 . In 1963, Marlene Dietrich recorded "Für alles kommt die Zeit (Glaub', Glaub)," Max Colpet's German translation of the song . Dietrich was backed by Burt Bacharach conducting a studio orchestra, and the song was released as monaural single . Australian folk singer Gary Shearston also recorded a version of the song for his 1964 album Songs of Our Time, with the title "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)". </P>

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