Need: Faldaree, Faldera
Annika Soulle
It's called "The Happy Wanderer" if you're thinking of the same song I
am. It's a german song, but I can only remember the words in English.
From the couple of lines I can remember in German, it's a lot different.
Oh, I love to go a-wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go I love to sing
With a knapsack on my back
Faldaree, faldarah, faldaree, faldara-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Falderee, falarah a knapsack on my back.
There's several more verses, too...
Bill & Anne Barbuto wrote:
>
> Anyone have the lyrics for "Faldaree, Faldera......."
> Not sure I've spelled it right
> Thanks .....Bill
Joe Offer
You'll find two versions in the digital Tradition Folk song Database,
www.mudcat.org:
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.
Cho: Val da ree, Val da rah
Val da ree, Val da rah ha ha ha ha ha
Val da ree, Val da rah
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.
I wave my hat to all I meet
And they wave back to me.
The bluebird calls so loud and sweet 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.
Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die
Oh, may I always laugh and sing
Beneath God's clear blue sky!
THE UNHAPPY WANDERER
(Larry Arno, NYC)
I hate to go a-wandering, along the mountain track
For every step I take I know, my pack will break my back.
Fal-de-ree[1], fal-de-ra, fal-de-ree, fal-de-ra-ha-ha-ha-ha
Fal-de-ree, my pack will break my back
I shake my fist at all I meet, and they curse back at me
I hope some city slicker breaks - his ankle on the scree (use this as cho.
I love to paddle in the stream, it sparkles bright and sweet
I hope those tourists down below - can taste my sweaty feet.
My sleeping bag is icy cold, the rocks they pierce right through
I hope some kindly providence - will wish it all on you
I cut my finger chopping wood, my hair the fire has singed
I hope some ranger rescues me - ere I become unhinged.
(style note - final chorus should do the ha-ha parts in a loud
insane screech)
[1] I learned it as "Mis-er-ree! etc.
To the tune of "I Love to Go A-Wandering"-
Bill & Anne Barbuto <Bar...@sccoast.net> wrote in article
<3436DA91...@sccoast.net>...
Wayne Garvin
(posted to alt.music.lyrics and e-mailed to Bill)
On Sat, 04 Oct 1997 20:08:49 -0400 Bill Barbuto <Bar...@sccoast.net> wrote:
>Anyone have the lyrics for "Faldaree, Faldera......."
>Not sure I've spelled it right
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
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