Full Lyrics
Lightly our boat is now gliding along,
gliding along, gliding along;
Stoutly we’re rowing in time with our song,
Rowing in time with our song.
See where the waterflies playfully dance,
playfully dance, playfully dance,
Flitting and mingling in sunshiny glance,
Flitting in sunshiny glance.
Forests and meadows are passing behind,
passing behind, passing behind;
Odors so sweetly are borne on the wind,
Odors are borne on the wind.
Swiftly we dash thro’ the beautiful spray,
beautiful spray, beautiful spray;
While the bright moments are passing away,
Pleasantly passing away.
Joyous the strain which we blithely prolong,
blithely prolong, blithely prolong;
Hillside and valley reecho the song,
Sweetly reecho the song.
Pull away merrily, bend to the oar,
bend to the oar, bend to the oar;
Leaving far distant our home on the shore,
Leaving our home on the shore.
