The Happy Wanderer - Louis Prima/Diana Decker/Fred Waring and The Pensylvanians/LynnMarie and The Boxhounds

                                                                                       (from The Muppet Show, singer unknown!)

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>

Val-deri, val-dera

Val-dera, val-dera

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Ha

Val-deri, val-dera

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

Val-deri, val-dera

Val-dera, val-dera

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Ha

Val-deri, val-dera

Come join my happy song

I 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

Val-deri, val-dera

Val-dera, val-dera

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Ha
Val-deri, val-dera

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

Val-deri, val-dera

Val-dera, val-dera

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

Ha

Val-deri, val-dera

Beneath the clear blue sky

Beneath the clear blue sky