“The Hurdy Gurdy Man” es un tema mezcla de folk y metal, y seguramente de algunas otras cosas más, del escocés Donovan. Es una pieza excelente, que proyecta lo mejor de la psicodelia de finales de los sesentas de las que obtengo una sensación de misterio sin revelar, algo un poco difuso… y hasta como me dijeron por ahí, algo de miedo. Como bonus, Jimmy Page colabora con una guitarra bastante afilada… fría y desgarradora.

(Escúchala con audífonos, y los ojos cerrados… puede que lo entiendas en el aparente desorden de su melodía)

“The Hurdy Gurdy Man” (Donovan – álbum: The Hurdy Gurdy Man- Epic Records, Octubre 1968)

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 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
Unenlightened 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 gurdy.
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang.

Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, gurdy he sang.
Here comes the roly poly man and hes 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?