| 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? |