As Tears Go By

DESCRIPTION: "It is the evening of the day" and the singer is watching children playing "As tears go by." Money can't buy everything -- it can't buy the children doing things the singer used to do. So he watches them learning
AUTHOR: Mick Jagger, Keith Richard, Andrew Loog Oldham
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (recording, The Rolling Stones)
KEYWORDS: children nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 541, 'As Tears Go By" (notes only)
NOTES [22 words]: Of all the things I never thought I'd be indexing, Rolling Stones songs surely top the list. And why would children sing this song? - RBW
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