Chart Position: 5
- Written by Donovan Leitch
- Guitar: Alan Parker, Donovan
- Tambura: Donovan
- Produced by Mickie Most
- Recorded in London U.K.
- A hurdy gurdy is a stringed instrument that is played with a rosined wheel rather than a bow
- Future Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones played bass guitar on this recording
- Donovan claims he intended for this song to be recorded by Jimi Hendrix
- Later recorded by Four Freshmen (1968), Eric Mercury (1969), Eartha Kitt (1970), Perth County Conspiracy (1970), Neil (1984), Butthole Surfers (1990), Brix E. Smith (1992), L.A. Guns (2004) and Wild Colonials (2007)
The Year in Music 1963 - 1988 