Beer Barrel Polka

Beer Barrel Polka is a song which became world wide well known during the World War II. It is known also as Roll Out the Barrel. The music was originally composed by the Czech Jaromír Vejvoda in 1927. At that time, it was played without lyrics as Mod?anská polka (Polka of Mod?any). Its first text was written by Václav Zeman in 1934 – ?koda lásky (Wasted Love).

Related Topics:
World War II - Czech - Jaromír Vejvoda - 1927 - Václav Zeman - 1934

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The polka went to the world very soon. In 1938, Will Glahé sold one million copies of its German version Rosamunde and got a Gold Album for it. Shapiro Bernstein published the song under the name of Beer Barrel Polka a year later. The authors of English lyrics were Lew Brown and Wladimir Timm. Meanwhile, the song was played also by many others, for example Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Benny Goodman or Billie Holiday.

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Will Glahé - German - Shapiro Bernstein - Lew Brown - Wladimir Timm - Andrews Sisters - Glenn Miller Orchestra - Benny Goodman - Billie Holiday

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During the World War II, versions in many other languages were created and the song was popular among soldiers of most of armies, despite of the side where they fought. It was claimed many times that the song was written in the country where it just became a hit. A real author became world wide known as late as after the war.

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World War II - Soldier - Hit

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A former Foreign Minister of Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher even made a bet that it was a German song. He lost.

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Foreign Minister of Germany - Hans-Dietrich Genscher

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