Perry Como - El Condor Pasa lyrics

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would if I could
I surely would hmm

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would if I only could
I surely would hmm

Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world it's saddest sound
It's saddest sound hmm instrumental break

I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes, I would if I could
I surely would hmm

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would if I only could
I surely would

Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world it's saddest sound
It's saddest sound

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would if I only could
I surely would

Yes I would
Arrangement of 18th Century Peruvian folk
Melody by Jorge Milchberg
Notated in 1916 by Daniel Alomias Robles