German - Schaumburger Märchensänger
English - Obernkirchen Children's Choir
Edith Möller 任指揮和帶領 "Schaumburger Märchensänger 兒童合唱團" 1953年完成参賽而獲獎, 之後, 應邀到英國廣播公司 BBC 電台表演, 而演出的歌曲用上新名字 "Der Fröhliche Wanderer" 意譯: "快樂流浪者", 聲軌被錄製成唱片。
唱片以 78rpm 印製, 1954年一月面世, 這首德語歌曲卻登上英國單曲流行榜連續二十六週, 間斷性排名在前十二位置內, 連續留在榜上第二位達五週; 同年, 在英國成為最暢銷的樂譜之一。及後, 合唱團更被美國不同電視台相互爭取邀請演出, 合唱團和歌曲開始風靡全球。
GERMAN
1953 - Der Fröhliche Wanderer / Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann
The Obernkirchen Children's Choir
1962 - "Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren" - Will Glahé, seine Solisten und Chor
1967 - "The Happy Wanderer" - The Baltimore & Ohio Marching Band
1968 - "Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann" - Dietmar Post & the German Soud
1981 - "Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann" - Karel Gott
Antonia Florence Ridge (1895-1981)
生於荷蘭, 在英國廣播公司BBC電台, 任職節目主持, 為兒童節目 "Children's Hour" 撰寫故事和劇本。她亦是作家, 作品主要是兒童讀物、成人小說和人物傳記, 包括植物學家 Pierre-Joseph Redouté 的傳記, 與及為栽植玫瑰花的專家 Meilland Family, 撰寫一本名為 "For Love of a Rose" 家族傳記。德文歌曲 "Der Fröhliche Wanderer" 的英文版本歌詞的兒歌 "The Happy Wanderer" 亦是出自她的手筆。
Album - "The Happy Wanderer" and Other Songs 1954
專輯唱片以英文"Obernkirchen Children's Choir" 兒童合唱團的名字, 主要是他們來自德國北部小鎮 Obernkirchen, 而團員中有許多是二戰的孤兒, 因而他們的歌聲喚起國際對戰爭孤兒的關注。自此, 合唱團參加了許多國際巡迴演出, 在歐洲和美國以外, 有中東和遠東,
南非和南美, 並錄製了多張專輯。
"Der Fröhliche Wanderer" 在德國先被列為民歌, 後來經撰上英文歌詞的版本 "The Happy Wanderer" 面世之後, 被世界樂壇列為傳統兒歌之一。
ENGLISH
THE HAPPY WANDERER - Antonia Ridge
February 1954 - Obernkirchen Children's Choir
1954 - Frank Weir and His Saxophone with His Chorus and Orchestra
Vivian Blaine with Children's Chorus and Orchestra
Tommy Leonetti with Orchestra and Chorus
The Stargazers with Syd Dean and His Band
Diana Decker
"The Happy Wanderer (Val-De-Ri, Val-De-Ra)" - Henri René's Musette and Chorus
1955 - The Sandpipers
1958 - Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks
1973 - Hughie Green with Geoff Love - Audrey Graham - Yvonne Marsh - Michael Ward, Myron Floren
1974 - Pinky and Perky, Tiny Tim
1993 - Bill Staines
2004 - Second Line Jazzband
THE HAPPY WANDERER - The Stargazers - 1954
I love to go a-wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back
Val-deri, Val-dera
Val-dera
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri, Val-dera
My knapsack on my back
I wave my hat to all I meet
And they wave back to me
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree
Val-deri, Val-dera
Val-dera
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri, Val-dera
From ev'ry green wood tree
High overhead, the skylarks wing
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing
As o'er the world we roam
Val-deri, Val-dera
Val-dera
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri, Val-dera
As o'er the world we roam
Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die
Oh, may I always laugh and sing
Beneath God's clear blue sky
Val-deri, Val-dera
Val-dera
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri, Val-dera
Beneath God's clear blue sky
SWEDISH
1954 - "Den glade vandraren" - written by Gunnar Wersén
1954 - Alice Babs med Harry Arnolds Orkester
1975 - Trivs me' Brogren's