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Artist: Donovan
Canonical path: /donovan/the-little-white-road
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The Little White Road
Read The Little White Road lyrics by Donovan on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Little White Road
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Oh the little white road climbs over the hill,
My feet they must follow, they cannot be still,
Must follow and follow though far it may roam.
Oh little white road you will never come home.
Oh, the hills they are patient and steadfast and wise,
They look over the valleys and up to the skies,
But the little white road scrambles up them and over.
Oh, little white road you are ever the rover.
I fain would go with you right down to the sea
Where a ship with white sails would be waiting for me,
Go sailing and sailing to strange lands afar
Where deserts and forests and lost cities are.
But when I grew weary of my gypsying ways
I'd sail home again for to end all my days
In the little grey cottage, beside the grey hill.
But you, little road, would be wandering still
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Donovan performs "The Little White Road", and this lyric page sits inside the Donovan catalog on LyroVerse.
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