<P> `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! '' , sometimes known as `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! ( To Everything There Is a Season ) '' , is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s . The lyrics , except for the title , which is repeated throughout the song , and the final two lines , are adapted word - for - word from the English version of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes . The song was originally released in 1962 as `` To Everything There Is a Season '' on folk group the Limeliters ' RCA album Folk Matinee and then some months later on Seeger 's own The Bitter and the Sweet . </P>
<P> `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! '' , sometimes known as `` Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! ( To Everything There Is a Season ) '' , is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s . The lyrics , except for the title , which is repeated throughout the song , and the final two lines , are adapted word - for - word from the English version of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes . The song was originally released in 1962 as `` To Everything There Is a Season '' on folk group the Limeliters ' RCA album Folk Matinee and then some months later on Seeger 's own The Bitter and the Sweet . </P>
who wrote the byrds song turn turn turn
who wrote the byrds song turn turn turn
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger