The Beer Barrel Polka
Here’s Dick’s happy song and that’s him playing the trumpets.
The Beer Barrel Polka
(Brown-Tim-Vejvoda)
There’s a garden, what a garden
Only happy faces bloom there
And there’s never any room
For a worry or a gloom
There’s music, and there’s dancing
And a lot of sweet romancing
When they play the polka
They all get in the swing
Everytime you hear that Oom-pah-pah
Everbody feels so tra-la-la-la
They only want to come back for one thing
They crowd around and sing trolly-olly-ay
And you hear that rumble on the floor
It’s a big (HA HA HA HA) surprise you’re waiting for
Then all at once everybody, everybody, forms a ring
(Spoken: Come on everybody get up and form a ring. That’s
the way, everybody get up and form a big ring. That’s the way.
Then all at once you form a ring. Everybody get up and form a
ring. Here’s a tenth of everybody….)
For miles around, you’ll hear them sing
Roll out the barrel, We’ll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the barrel, we’ve got the blues on the run
Zing Boom Terrara
Join in a glass of good cheer
Now it’s time to roll the barrel
For the gang’s all here (Spoken: Take it away boys!)
Anonymous said,
February 22, 2007 at 10:52 pm
WELLL. . . that definitely qualifies as finding something old!!! A whole room full of something old!! That Dick Small is a talented trumpet player!
Superwoman
Sans Pantaloons said,
February 23, 2007 at 9:02 am
The promise of all that beer, in combination with Mr. Dick Small’s expert fingering, has made me wet my trews.
Dick Small said,
February 23, 2007 at 9:18 am
You’re hysterical, Sans. Hahaaha! What the hell does that mean, anyway…. haha
Dick Small said,
February 23, 2007 at 4:31 pm
THE PENNSYLVANIA POLKA
(Lester Lee / Z. Manners)
Harry Roy & His Band
Also recorded by : The Andrew Sisters; Myron Floren; Horace Heidt;
Hit Crew; Joe Loss & His Band; Lynnmarie; Magic Organ;
Barry Martyn; Joey Miskulin; Vaughn Monroe; Polkacide;
Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith; Jimmy Sturr & His Orch.;
Bobby Vinton; Lawrence Welk; Frankie Yankovic.
HIM: Strike up the music the band has begun
The Pennsylvania Polka.
Pick out your partner and join in the fun
The Pennsylvania Polka.
It started in Scranton, it’s now No 1
It’s bound to entertain you
Everybody has a mania
To do the polka from Pennsylvania
HER: While they’re dancing
HIM: Everybody’s cares are quickly gone
HER: Sweet romancing
HIM This goes on and on until the dawn
HER: They’re so carefree
HIM: Gay with laughter happy as can be
They stop to have a beer
Then the crowd begins to cheer
They kiss and then they start to dance again.