| G | Bm | |
| Thrown like a star in | my vast sleep, |
| C | D7 | |
| I | open my eyes to | take a peep, |
| G | Bm | |
| to | find that I was | by the sea |
| C | D7 | |
| gazing with tran.. | quility. |
| CHORUS: |
| F | C | |
| Twas | then when the hurdy | gurdy man |
| G | |
| came | singing songs of love. |
| F | C | |
| Then when the hurdy | gurdy man |
| G | |
| came | singing songs of love. |
| F | C | |
| Hurdy gurdy, | hurdy gurdy, |
| G | |
| hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.(x3) |
| G | Bm | C | D7 | |
| Histories of | ages past, | unenlightened | shadows cast, |
| G | Bm | C | D7 | |
| down through all | eternity, the | crying of hu.. | manity. |
| CHORUS: |
| F | C | |
| Tis | then when the hurdy | gurdy man |
| G | |
| comes | singing songs of love. |
| F | C | |
| Then when the hurdy | gurdy man |
| G | |
| comes | singing songs of love. |
| F | C | G | |
| Hurdy gurdy, | hurdy gurdy, | hurdy gurdy he sang.(x4) |
| ADD: |
| F | C | G | |
| Here comes the roly- | poly man, he's | singing songs of love. |
| F | C | G | |
| Roly poly, | roly poly, | roly poly, he sang. |
| F | C | G | |
| Hurdy gurdy, | hurdy gurdy, | hurdy gurdy he sang. |
| F | C | G | |
| Hurdy gurdy, | hurdy gurdy, | hurdy gurdy he sang. |
| F | C | G | |
| Roly poly, | roly poly, | roly poly he sang. |
| A sixties smash from Kraziekhat. |