{"id":118,"date":"2021-05-10T01:51:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=118"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:01:19","slug":"beer-barrel-polka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/beer-barrel-polka\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Barrel Polka (Roll out the Barrel)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">by Will Glahe &#8211; Key of A<\/span><\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea619d131478012244764' value='69ea619d131478012244764'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea619d131478012244764' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea619d131478012244764' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea619d131478012244764' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea619d131478012244764' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Depending on the version you hear, this rollicking polka tune is either about recalling a lost love or getting your pals together and getting smashed. It was adapted from an instrumental folk tune written by Czech composers Jarom\u00c3\u00adr Vejvoda and Eduard Ingris in 1927. The instrumental version circulated as Modranska polka (&#8220;Polka of Modrany&#8221;) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c named for the village in Prague, until 1934 when Vaclav Zeman added lyrics and renamed the tune &#8220;Skoda Lasky,&#8221; meaning &#8220;Wasted Love.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">German accordionist Will Glahe recorded a popular cover titled &#8220;Rosamunde&#8221; in 1936; three years later, it topped the US Hit Parade as &#8220;Beer Barrel Polka&#8221; and became a popular jukebox spin throughout World War II, especially after it was covered by the Andrews Sisters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The vocal trio sang English lyrics from Lew Brown (&#8220;Don&#8217;t Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)&#8221;) and Wladimir Timm about a garden party that livens up when the beer starts flowing. Their version was a #4 hit and spawned a polka craze throughout the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/songpics\/A-B\/beer-barrel.jpg\">SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-c.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-g7.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-a7.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-dm.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/chords\/tenor\/tenor-d7.jpg\" width=\"9%\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 a bit simplified &#8211; less jazzy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">[D] [G7] [C]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">There&#8217;s a [C] garden, what a garden, only happy faces [G7] bloom there<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">And there&#8217;s never any room there, for a worry, or a [C] gloom there<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Oh there&#8217;s music, and there&#8217;s dancing, and a lot of sweet ro-[G7]mancing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">When they play the polka, they all get in the [C] swing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Every [G7] time they hear that Oom-Pa-Pa<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Every-[C]body feels so Tra-La-La<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">They want to [G7] throw their cares away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">They all go Lah-dee-ahh-Dee-[C]aay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Then they [G7] hear a rumble on the floor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">It&#8217;s the [C] big surprise they&#8217;re waiting for<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">And all the [G7] couples form a ring<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">For miles around you&#8217;ll hear them [C] sing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">[C] Roll out the barrel, we&#8217;ll have a barrel of [G7] fun<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Roll out the barrel, we&#8217;ve got the blues on the [C] run<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Zing! Boom! Tararrel!, [C7] ring out a song of good [F] cheer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">[Dm] Now&#8217;s the time to [D7] roll the [C] barrel,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">[A7] for the [D7] gang&#8217;s [G7] all [C] here<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Every [G7] time they hear that Oom-Pa-Pa<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Every-[C]body feels so Tra-La-La<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">They want to [G7] throw their cares away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">They all go Lah-dee-ahh-Dee-[C]aay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Then they [G7] hear a rumble on the floor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">It&#8217;s the [C] big surprise they&#8217;re waiting for<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">And all the [G7] couples form a ring<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">For miles around you&#8217;ll hear them [C] sing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">[C] Roll out the barrel, we&#8217;ll have a barrel of [G7] fun<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Roll out the barrel, we&#8217;ve got the blues on the [C] run<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Zing! Boom! Tararrel!, [C7] ring out a song of good [F] cheer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">[Dm] Now&#8217;s the time to [D7] roll the [C] barrel,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">BIG ENDING<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">[A7] for the [D7] gang&#8217;s [G7] all [C] here !!!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Will Glahe &#8211; Key of A SHEET MUSIC \u00a0 \u00a0 a bit simplified &#8211; less jazzy [D] [G7] [C] There&#8217;s a [C] garden, what a garden, only happy faces [G7] bloom there And there&#8217;s never any room there, for a worry, or a [C] gloom there Oh there&#8217;s music, &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/beer-barrel-polka\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beer Barrel Polka (Roll out the Barrel)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117,115,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}