[Verse]
I've travelled about a bit in me time, of troubles I've seen a few,
I found it far better in every clime to paddle my own canoe,
Wants are small I care not at all, my debts are paid when due,
I drive away strife, in the ocean of life and paddle my own canoe.

[Chorus]
Then love your neighbour as yourself, as the world you go travelling through,
And never sit down with a tear or a frown but paddle your own canoe.

[Verse]
I have no wife to bother my life, no lover to prove untrue
But the whole day long with a laugh and a song, I'll paddle my own canoe
I rise with the lark from daylight till dark, I do what I have to do
I'm careless of wealth, I've only the health to paddle my own canoe.

[Chorus]
Then love your neighbour as yourself, as the world you go travelling through,
And never sit down with a tear or a frown but paddle your own canoe.

[Verse]
It's all very well to depend on a friend, that is if you've proved him true,
You'll find it better by far in the end to paddle your own canoe,
To borrow is dearer by far than to buy, a maxim though old still true,
You never will sigh if you only will try to paddle your own canoe.

[Chorus]
Then love your neighbour as yourself, as the world you go travelling through,
And never sit down with a tear or a frown but paddle your own canoe.

[Verse]
If a hurricane rise in the midday skies, the sun is lost to view,
Move steadily by, with a steadfast eye and paddle your own canoe,
The daisies that grow in the bright green fields are blooming so sweet for you,
So never sit down with a tear or a frown but paddle your own canoe.

[Chorus]
Then love your neighbour as yourself, as the world you go travelling through,
And never sit down with a tear or a frown but paddle your own canoe.

[Chorus]
Then love your neighbour as yourself, as the world you go travelling through,
And never sit down with a tear or a frown but paddle your own canoe.