Lyrics wanted from a song from a '50s grade school music class

[PMichaud14]

I am hoping there are some more 50+ people out there who sang this song in
music class during the 1950s. It starts out like this, "I am a happy
wanderer, along the mountain track and as I go I love to sing my knapsack on my
back." The chorus was something like this, "Val la ree, Val la ra, Val la re
Val la ra ra ra
the repeated. I know the tune and it has been haunting me for weeks, I can't
remember the rest of the song or the author. If anyone can help please email
me at PMich...@aol.com. I would be very grateful

[Mitch Drumm]

PMichaud14 (pmich...@aol.com) wrote:
: I am hoping there are some more 50+ people out there who sang this song in

the happy wanderer; by the frank weir orchestra; released on 45 rpm london
1448; i remember it well.

[Wayne Garvin]

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On 14 Nov 1998 18:50:34 GMT pmich...@aol.com (PMichaud14) wrote:

>I am hoping there are some more 50+ people out there who sang this song in
>music class during the 1950s. It starts out like this, "I am a happy
>wanderer, along the mountain track and as I go I love to sing my knapsack on my
>back." The chorus was something like this, "Val la ree, Val la ra, Val la re
>Val la ra ra ra
>the repeated. I know the tune and it has been haunting me for weeks, I can't
>remember the rest of the song or the author.

HAPPY WANDERER
- English words by Antonia Ridge, music by Friedrich W. Moller

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

Valderi, valdera, valderi, valdera-ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha-ha
Valderi, valdera, 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"

Valderi, valdera, valderi, valdera-ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha-ha
Valderi, valdera, "Come join my happy song"

I wave my hat to all I meet and they wave back to me
The bluebirds call so loud and sweet from every greenwood tree

Valderi, valdera, valderi, valdera-ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha-ha
Valderi, valdera, from every greenwood tree

High overhead the skylark wing, they never rest at home
But just like me they love to sing as o'er the world we roam

Valderi, valdera, valderi, valdera-ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha-ha
Valderi, valdera, as o'er the world we roam

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

Valderi, valdera, valderi, valdera-ha-ha-ha ha-ha-ha-ha
Valderi, valdera, beneath God's clear blue sky

[Tony Wright]

You would be amazed at just how many are out here...

THE HAPPY WANDERER - 1954 by Antonia Ridge / Friedrich W. Moller

I love to go a wandering along the mountain track
And as I go I love to sing, my knapsack on my back.
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, Val-de-ra, Val-de ha ha ha ha ha ha
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, 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-de-ri, Val-de-ra, Val-de-ra, Val-de ha ha ha ha ha ha
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, 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 every greenwood tree
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, Val-de-ra, Val-de ha ha ha ha ha ha
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, from every greenwood tree.

High overhead the skylarks wing they never rest at home
But just like me they love to sing as o'er the world we roam.
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, Val-de-ra, Val-de ha ha ha ha ha ha
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, as o'er the world we roam

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-de-ri, Val-de-ra, Val-de-ra, Val-de ha ha ha ha ha ha
Val-de-ri, Val-de-ra, beneath God's clear blue sky.

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