The Happy Wanderer is an original composition, written after the second world war by Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller. It has an infectious melody that lends itself to interpretation. Here are some different versions of the tune, starting with the version that made it famous.
Here’s a stylish version by Fred WAring and his Pennsylvanians
This one is a very strange – a Louis Prima version
I guess we’d better have a Dixieland version…
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