Hurdy Gurdy Man
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Auteur-compositeur-interprète : Donovan 
Sur l’album éponyme "Hurdy Gurdy Man"(1968)

Thrown like a star in my vast sleep
I opened my eyes to take a peek
To find that I was by the sea
Gazing with tranquility

'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-gurd
Hurdy-gurdy, hurdy-gurdy, hurdy-gurdy, gurdy, " he sang

"Hurdy-gurdy, hurdy-gurdy, hurdy-gurdy, gurdy, " he sang
Here comes the roly-poly man, 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

Jeté comme une étoile dans mon sommeil profond
J'ouvre les yeux pour jeter un œil
Pour découvrir que j'étais au bord de la mer
Regardant avec tranquillité

C'est alors que l'homme à la vielle à roue
Vint chanter des chansons d'amour
Puis l'homme à la vielle à roue
Vint chanter des chansons d'amour

Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait

Histoires des âges passés
Des ombres non éclairées projetées
À travers toute l'éternité
Les pleurs de l'humanité

C'est alors que l'homme à la vielle à roue
Vient chanter des chansons d'amour
Puis l'homme à la vielle à roue
Vient chanter des chansons d'amour

Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait

Voici venir l'homme rondouillard et il chante des chansons d'amour
Rondouillard, rondouillard, rondouillard, il chantait
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, il chantait