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Beer Barrel Polka
"Skoda Lasky" by Czech composers Jaromir Vejvoda, Wladimir A. Timm, Vasek Zeman, 1934 . English Lyrics by Lew Brown- 1939.
ARTIST: Texas Troubadours 1940s The Texas Troubadours perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WDBJ. The Texas Troubadours of Roanoke played traditional music and also emulated the popular cowboy music and western swing sounds of the Sons of the Pioneers. Members of the Texas Troubadours include, but are not limited to: Ed Newman (fiddle), Lawrence Sink (guitar), Paul Byrd (tenor banjo), Glenwood Howell (bass, guitar), Clyde Dooley (guitar).
Listen: Texas Troubadours- 1940s
Listen: Dixie Playboys (instrumental w/Paul Byrd- Tenor Banjo) 1940s The Dixie Playboys perform live over Roanoke Country Radio station WSLS. They are a Roanoke band, that played traditional music and also emulated the popular sounds of the Sons of the Pioneers. Members of the Dixie Playboys include, but are not limited to: Virgil Simmons (fiddle), Wayne Flemming (steel guitar), Roy Lemmon (accordion, piano), Lawrence Sink (guitar), Paul Byrd (tenor banjo), Glenwood Howell (bass, guitar).
Listen: Ralph Blizard- fiddle 1982- Informal jam Mt Airy, NC
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes. DATE: 1934.
RECORDING INFO: Andrew Sisters. 25 Polka Greats. Vol 1, K-Tel NC420, LP (1971), cut# 13; Clark, Roy; and Buck Trent. Banjo Bandits, ABC AY 1084, LP (1978), cut# 8; F & W String Band. F & W String Band, F & W FW-1, LP (1969), cut# 10;Tibor Brothers. Tibor Brothers, JOMAR, LP (198?), cut#A.04
OTHER NAMES: There’s a Garden; Skoda Lasky
SOURCES: Mudcat Discussion Forum; Digital Appalachia
NOTES: 'Beer Barrel Polka' was said to have been called 'Skoda Lasky' in the original Czech. This is true as far as the song is concerned, but the tune was originally written without words and was titled 'Modrany Polka', (Modrany being a geographical location). The title 'Skoda Lasky' for the song is, as is often the case with another language, not exactly translatable. A literal translation is 'Pity Love' but 'Hurt Love' might be a nearer meaning. A free translation of the original Czech lyric of Skoda Lasky is:
Pity the love which I gave to you,
Today these eyes of mine would cry.
My youth fled like a dream
All that remains to me is only a memory in my heart.
Lyrics to 'Beer Barrel Polka'
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! Tar-rar-rel
Ring out a song of good cheer!
Now's the time to roll the barrel
For the gang's all here.
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