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   hung in light and 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