I WANT TO MEANDER IN THE MEADOW
(Harry Woods / Charles Tobias)


Ruth Etting - 1929
Jack Miller - 1929
The Edisongsters - 1929
Fred Rich's Paradise Club Orch. (vocal: Irving Kaufman) - 1929
Phil Spitalny's Music (vocal: The Paull Sisters) - 1929
Charles Dornberger & His Orch. - 1929
Jennifer Warnes - 1968



I heard a bird singing this morning
In a great big empty lot
But the song he sang just made me feel, oh, so blue

What's the good of pretending
That I'm happy when I'm not
Guess I'm nothing but a dreamer that happiness forgot

I want to meander in the meadow
See the sunbeams kissing the dew
I want to meander in the meadow
With the birds and flowers I knew

How I can remember in the meadow
When my days were happy and free
Up at dawn, greet the sun
Sing a song till my day was done

I want to meet someone in the meadow
When the shadows start into fall
We used to meander in the meadow
It's the sweetest memory of all

I know if I had a million wishes
There'd be just one wish and I'd say
I want to meander in the meadow
Be a kid for only a day

Oooo-oooh, I want to meander in the meadow
With one little dog by my side
I want him to find me in the meadow
Every time I leave him and hide

Ah, I can remember in the meadow
When we found a nest full of bees
Oooh, did they sting, I declare
They stung us here and they stung us there

How happy I'd be to see an angel
In a little garden that I knew
Somehow in my dreams it seems I'm near her
I can hear her calling, "Yoo-hoo"

Some people may think it's foolish
Ah, let them think whatever they may
I want to meander in the meadow
Be a kid, a little kid, for only just one day



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2018)