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Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man
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One of Donovan’s signature hits from 1968, and reached the Top 10 in both the UK and the US.
The song is a recount of two dream visitors to the lyricist – The Hurdy Gurdy and
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Butthole Surfers – The Hurdy Gurdy Man
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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
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Donovan – Hurdy gurdy man - single version
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Thrown like a star in my vast sleep / I open my eyes to take a peep / To find that I was by the sea / Me gazing with tranquility / It was then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man / Came
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Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man Samples
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Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man Samples
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Color Filter – Hurdy Gurdy Man
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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 / 'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man / Came singing
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Butthole Surfers – Hurdy Gurdy Man (Live San Antonio 1985)
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[Verse 1] / Thrown like a child at night / I open my eyes to take a peek / To find myself beside the sea / Gazing with tranquility / [Chorus] / Then when the hurdy gurdy man comes
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Evolution Control Committee – Hurdy-Gurdy Men
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Thrown like a star in my vast sleep / I open my eyes to take a peep / To find that I was by the sea / Me gazing with tranquility / It was then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man / Came
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Butthole Surfers – The Hurdy Gurdy Man Samples
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Antietam (Ft. Anna Krippenstapel, Catherine Irwin, Tari O'Bannon & Will Oldham) – Hurdy Gurdy Man
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[Verse 1] / Thrown like a star from my vast sleep / I open my eyes to take a peep / To find that I was by the sea / Gazing with tranquility / [Chorus] / 'Tis then when the hurdy
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The Perth County Conspiracy – Hurdy Gurdy Man
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Thrown like a star in my fast sleep / I opened my eyes to take a peek / To find that I'm beside the sea / Gazing with tranquility / Then come the hurdy gurdy man / Come a-singing
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SALEM – WePT Samples
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Donovan – Teas
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[Verse 1] / I strolled into a deserted seaside café / All on a winter's day / [Verse 2] / I ordered up a cup of rich brown steaming tea / From an old lady / [Refrain] / What
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Donovan – Get Thy Bearings
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[Verse 1] / Get your bearing / Know your time / Don't you worry / Weather's fine / [Chorus] / All the world knows / What I'm saying / All the world knows / What I'm saying / The
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Sickboyrari – INTRO/DPR$D BWOI Samples
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Donovan – Tangier
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[Verse] / In Tangier down a windy street / Where beggars meet / And on old rags do sleep / The women dressed in soiled white sheet / With starving kids by their side / With staring
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Donovan – The River Song
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[Verse 1] / Oh, the waters flow / Over rock and stone / O'er the waters blow / Windy wind so cold / [Refrain] / Oh, the rivers flow so old / Oh, the rivers flow so old / [Verse 2
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Donovan – West Indian Lady
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[Verse 1] / Can I be of assistance, my love? / Sha-la-la-la, la, la, la-la, la / I will help you out into the room / Sha-la-la-la, la, la, la-la, la / [Chorus] / And you know what
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Donovan – Teen Angel
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[Verse 1] / All the boys in the neighbourhood / Would love you if they could / But I'm easy / But I'm easy / But I'm easy / [Verse 2] / Now, that you're in demand / Handle it if
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Donovan – The Sun Is a Very Magic Fellow
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[Verse 1] / The sun is a very magic fellow / He shines down on me each day / The sun is a very magic fellow / He shines down on me each day / Shines down on me each day / [Verse 2
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Donovan – Laléna
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When the sun goes to bed / That's the time you raise your head / That's your lot in life, Lalena / Can't blame ya / Lalena / Arty-tart, la-de-da / Can your part get much sadder
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Donovan – Poor Cow
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I dwell in the north in the green country / Far I'm here, far I'm here / And I take to my rest at the end of day / Whilst o'erhead pretty stars do play / And then I dream along
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Donovan – What a Beautiful Creature You Are
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I'm studying a course of ornithology / Wanting to know all about the birds and the bees / I'm studying a course of the womanology / Oh (mm) oh (mmm) ooh (ooh) oh (that's nice) (oh
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Donovan – Hi It's Been a Long Time
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[Verse 1] / Hi, it's been a long time, you're lookin' fine / Proud as any woman should be, proud of womankind / My, your hair is longer, now, it's pretty hair by far / Hope you don
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Beastie Boys – Car Thief Samples
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Donovan – Peregrine
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[Verse 1] / Peregrine falcon hooded and flyin' / Whither you go blindly over the mountain / [Verse 2] / Oh, your boat upon the sea, ah very beautiful to view / By me, by me, by me
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Donovan – The Entertaining of a Shy Girl
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[Verse 1] / I'll sing you a song / Paint you a painting / Dance you a dance / While you're waiting / [Verse 2] / What shall it be / Chocolate or soda? / I'm having tea / Do speak
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Donovan – As I Recall It
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[Verse 1] / As I recall it, the sun was high / Yellow in a blue, blue sky / You couldn't quite make out this boy / Used love as a toy / [Verse 2] / In a Marie-Antoinette room / We
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Donovan – A Sunny Day
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[Verse 1] / Sunny day, while away the afternoon / Cutting nettles that are hiding petals pink / From the river drink / [Verse 2] / Bluebells, wood dells where dwells a squirrel
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