Beer Barrel Polka, also known as Roll Out the Barrel, is a song which became popular world-wide during World War II. The music was originally composed by the Czech musician Jaromír Vejvoda aka Twinkletoes in 1927. Eduard Ingris wrote the first arrangement of the famous song, after Vejvoda came upon the melody and sought Ingris' help in refining it. At that time, it was played without lyrics as Modřanská polka (Polka of Modřany). Its first text was written by Václav Zeman in 1934 – Škoda lásky (Wasted Love). Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Jaromír Vejvoda (March 28, 1902 Zbraslav u Prahy – November 13, 1988 at the same place) was a Czech composer of music and the author of the Beer Barrel Polka. Life and work Vejvoda learned to play the fiddle and flugelhorn in a band led by his father. ... Eduard IngriÅ¡ (February 11, 1905 – January 11, 1991 was an American composer, photographer, conductor and adventurer. ...

The polka became famous around the world. In 1938, Will Glahé sold one million copies of its German version Rosamunde. Shapiro Bernstein published the song under the name of "Beer Barrel Polka" a year later. The authors of the English lyrics were Lew Brown and Wladimir Timm. Meanwhile, the song was played also by many others such as Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Benny Goodman, and Billie Holiday. Since the 1970s, it has been played during the seventh inning stretch at Milwaukee Brewers baseball games. Lew Brown (December 10, 1893 - February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. ... The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Benny Goodman, born BenÅ‘ Guttman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, The Professor, and Swings Senior Statesman. // Goodman was born in Chicago, the ninth of twelve children of poor Jewish immigrants from Hungary who lived... Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanor Harris and later called Lady Day, was an American singer known equally for her difficult life and her emotive, poignant singing voice. ... Fans stand and sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame during the seventh-inning stretch In baseball, the seventh-inning stretch takes place in the middle of the seventh inning. ... Major league affiliations National League (1998–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 4,19,34,44 Name Milwaukee Brewers (1970–present) Seattle Pilots (1969) Ballpark Miller Park (2001–present) County Stadium (1970-2000) Sicks Stadium (Seattle) (1969) Major league titles World Series titles (0) None NL... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...

During World War II, versions in many other languages were created and the song was popular among soldiers, regardless of their alliances. It was claimed many times that the song was written in the country where it had just become a hit. Its actual composer was not widely known until after the war. Modern soldiers. ...

A former Foreign Minister of Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher even made a bet that it was a German song. He lost. This page lists State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs under the German Empire (1873-1918), and Ministers of Foreign Affairs under succeeding governments thereafter. ... George H. W. Bush and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, November 21st, 1989. ...

English lyrics

There's a garden, what a garden,
Only happy faces bloom there
And there's never any room there
For a worry or a gloom there.
Oh! there's music and there's dancing
And a lot of sweet romancing
When they play a polka
They all get in the swing:

Ev'ry time they hear that oom-pa-pa
Ev'rybody feels so tra-la-la
They want to throw their cares away
They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay,
Then they hear a rumble on the floor
It's the big surprise they're waiting for
And all the couples form a ring
For miles around you'll hear them sing

Chorus:

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! Ta-ra-rel
Ring out a song of good cheer!
Now's the time to roll the barrel
For the gang's all here.

"Beer Barrel Polka"

Original Czech lyrics

Kvetou růže, kdo ti za to může,
žádný ti už dneska nepomůže,
kvetou, vadnou, lístečky z ní spadnou
jak ty slzy tvoje na tu trávu chladnou.

Chorus:

Škoda lásky, kterou jsem tobě dala,
ty mé oči dnes bych si vyplakala,
moje mládí uprchlo tak jako sen,
na všechno mi zbyla jenom
v srdci mém vzpomínka jen.

Translation

The roses bloom, who is responsible for it?
Nobody helps you today anymore.
They bloom, fade, leaflets fall from it
like those your tears on the cold grass.

Chorus:

Wasted love, which I gave you.
I would cry my eyes today out,
my youth ran away as a dream.
Only a memory remained
in my heart for all of this.

Names in other languages

• Czech: Škoda lásky
• Danish: Hvor er min Kone
• Dutch: Rats, kuch en bonen
• Finnish: Tonttujen joulupolkka
• French: Frida oum Papa
• German: Rosamunde
• Hungarian: Sej-haj Rozi
• Italian: Rosamunda
• Japanese: Beer Taru polka
• Polish: Banda
• Spanish: Polka del Barril
• Swedish: Ut i naturen

External links

• Midi: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]