Thrown like a star in my vast sleep   I'm opening my eyes to take a peep   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   Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly poly he sang