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- Beer Barrel Polka
- Words by Lew Brown,
Music by Jaromir Vejvoda - 1934
- Number 1 on the
Hit Parade in 1939, played for 16 weeks.
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G7 |
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C |
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G7 |
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C
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C |
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| G7 |
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C |
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| F (Instrumental) |
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| Chorus: |
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C7 |
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| Gm |
E7 |
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| G7 |
C7 |
F |
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after repeat) |
| Turnaround: |
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A7 |
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G7 |
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Cdim |
C7 |
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to chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- Play: Verse, Chorus, Turnaround,
Chorus.
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- Verse:
- 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'ry body feels so tra-la-la
- They want to throw their
cares away,
- They all go lah-de-ah-d-eay,
- 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....
- (Instrumental)
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 -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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- Turnaround:
- (Instrumental)
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen
to Don Van Paltha perform "Beer Barrel Polka" at Mickey
Finn's Speakeasy (mp3)
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- Listen to Charlie Tagawa and
the Peninsula Banjo Band perform "Beer Barrel Polka"
(mp3)
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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