Friedrich-Wilhelm Moller - The Happy Wanderer

A more simplified version of this traditional 'hiking'song.

Verse1
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I love to go a-wandering along the mountain track
              C                    G              C
And as I go I love to sing with my knapsack on my back
            
Chorus 
     G       C       G         C
Valderi valdera valderi valder ra ha ha ha ha ha
      G       C         F        G    C
Valderi valdera with my knapsack on my back

Verse 2
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I love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun
               C                G             C
So joyously it calls to me come join my happy song

Chorus
     G       C        G        C
Valderi valdera valderi valder ra ha ha ha ha ha
     G       C         F        G    C
alderi valdera with my knapsack on my back

Verse 3
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I wave my hat to all I meet and they wave back to me
                       C                   G               C
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet from every greenwood tree

Chorus
     G       C       G         C
Valderi valdera valderi valder ra ha ha ha ha ha
      G       C         F        G    C
Valderi valdera with my knapsack on my back

Verse 4
C                                                 F
I love to wander by the stream that dances in the sun
                C               G             C
So joyously it calls to me come join my happy song

Chorus
      G      C       G         C
Valderi valdera valderi valder ra ha ha ha ha ha
      G       C         F        G     C
Valderi valdera with my knapsack on my back

Verse 5
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High overhead the skylarks wing they never rest at home
                      C               G                 C
But just like me they love to sing as o’er the world we roam

Chorus
     G       C       G         C
Valderi valdera valderi valder ra ha ha ha ha ha
     G        C         F        G     C
Valderi valdera with my knapsack on my back

Verse 6
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Oh may I go a wandering until the day I die
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Oh may I always laugh and sing beneath God’s clear blue sky

Chorus
     G       C       G         C
Valderi valdera valderi valder ra-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
     G        C         F        G     C
Valderi valdera with my knapsack on my back