| Thrown like a star in my vast sleep |
| I open my eyes to take a peep |
| To find that I was by the sea |
| Gazing with tranquillity. |
| 'Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man |
| Came singing songs of love, |
| Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man |
| Came singing songs of love. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang. |
| Histories of ages past |
| Unenlightened shadows cast |
| Down through all eternity |
| The crying of humanity. |
| 'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man |
| Comes singing songs of love, |
| Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man |
| Comes singing songs of love. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang. |
| Here comes the roly poly man and he’s singing songs of love, |
| Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly, poly he sang. |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang, |
| Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang? |