The Happy Wanderer
Frank Weir 
Words & Music by Antonio Ridge & Friedrich Moller 



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May 1954

 

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I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track

And as I go, I love to sing, my knapsack on my back

Val-da-ree, val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Val-da-ree, val-da-rah

My knapsack on my back

love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun;

So joyously it calls to me, ìCome, join my happy song!

                 Refrain:
 
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, Val-da-ree, 

val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, 

come, join my happy song.

wave my hat to all I meet, and they wave back to me,

And blackbirds call so loud and sweet from 
ev'ry green wood tree.

                Refrain:

Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, Val-da-ree, 

val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-da-ree, 

val-da-rah, from ev'ry green wood tree.

Oh, may I go a-wandering until the day I die;

Oh, may I always laugh and sing beneath God's clear 
blue sky,.

                Refrain:

Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, Val-da-ree, 
val-da-rah ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Val-da-ree, val-da-rah, beneath God's clear blue sky.