The Happy Wanderer

I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing My knapsack on my back.

Chorus
Valdaree, valdarah, valdaree,
Valdarah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Valdaree, valdarah
My knapsack on my back.

I love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun
So joyously it calls to me "Come join my happy
song."

Chorus
Valdaree, valdarah, valdaree,
Valdarah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Valdaree, valdarah
My knapsack on my back.

I tip my hat to all I meet, and they wave back to me
The blackbird call so load and sweet from every
Greenwood tree.

Chorus
Valdaree, valdarah, valdaree,
Valdarah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Valdaree, valdarah
My knapsack on my back.

High overhead the Skylark wings. He never stays at
home.
And just like me, he loves to sing as over the world
he roams.

Chorus
Valdaree, valdarah, valdaree,
Valdarah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Valdaree, valdarah
My knapsack on my back.

Oh may I go a-wandering until the day I die.
Oh may I always laugh and sing beneath God's clear
blue sky.

Chorus
Valdaree, valdarah, valdaree,
Valdarah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Valdaree, valdarah
My knapsack on my back