There Is A Time: Favorite Songs

There Is A Time

There is a time for love and laughter

The days will pass like summer storms
The winter winds will follow after
But there is love, and love is warm

(Chorus) There is a time for us to wander

When time is young and so are we
The woods are greener over yonder

The path is new, the world is free

There is a time when leaves are falling

The woods are gray, the paths are old

Snow will come and geese are calling

You need a fire agianst the cold

(Chorus)

So do your roaming in the springtime

Find your love in the summer sun

Frost will come and bring the harvest

You can sleep when day is done

(Chorus)

There is a time for love and laughter

The days will pass like summer storms

The woods are greener over yonder

The path is new, the world is free

The path is new, the world is free

I first heard this song on The Andy Griffith Show, where it was sung by the Darling clan when they came into town to find somebody to betroth to their little baby girl and settled on Opie. The Darling boys (the actual musicians) were played by a folk band called The Dillards, who had produced and recorded the song. After they finish playing it Andy says that was just about the prettiest song he ever heard, and I had to agree. I'd been thinking about posting it for a while because I thought it's wistfulness made it a good autumn song, and just yesterday it was actually on TV. You can see it on YouTube if you pop "Andy Griffith there is a time" into the search.