El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (1913)
(wm) Alomia Robles (w-Eng) Paul Simon (I) at the Teatro Mazzi in Lima, Peru. (P) Los Incas (CR) Simon and Garfunkle with words to “If I Could” using Roble’s melody.
I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

Chorus: Away, I’d rather sail away
Like a swan, that’s here and gone
A man gets tired out to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound, its saddest sound

I’d rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I’d rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would