I love to go a wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back.
Brave Combo has a great version of this .
MC Ward wrote:
> When I based my poem "Ballad Child" on "The Connemara
> Cradle Song," I remember Charles Alexander saying that
> he'd sung it in grade school under the title of "Down
> In The Valley."
>
> Our music teachers (a couple who roamed the halls
> muttering, "There will never be another Caruso")
> favored loud, hearty songs like "Working On The Erie
> Canal" and "The River Volga" ("Yo-oh heave ho!"), or
> "The Happy Wanderer" (I think it was called):
> "Valderie, valderah, my knapsack on my back!"
>
> Thank you, Max, for introducing this charming thread--
>
> Candice
>
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Tad Richards
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