THERE'S A GARDEN, WHAT A GARDEN,
ONLY HAPPY FACES BLOOM THERE,
AND THERE'S NEVER ANY ROOM THERE ,
FOR WORRY OR A GLOOM THERE.
OH, THERE'S MUSIC AND THERE'S DANCING,
AND A LOT OF SWEET ROMANCING,
WHEN THEY PLAY THE POLKA,
THEY ALL GET IN THE SWING.
EVERY TIME THEY HEAR THE OOM-PA-PA,
EVERYBODY FEELS SO TRAL-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.
THERE'S A GARDEN, WHAT A GARDEN,
ONLY HAPPY FACES BLOOM THERE,
AND THERE'S NEVER ANY ROOM THERE ,
FOR WORRY OR A GLOOM THERE.
OH, THERE'S MUSIC AND THERE'S DANCING,
AND A LOT OF SWEET ROMANCING,
WHEN THEY PLAY THE POLKA,
THEY ALL GET IN THE SWING.
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 THE SONG OF GOOD CHEER,
NOW IS THE TIME TO ROLL THE BARREL,
FOR THE GANG'S ALL HERE.
EVERY TIME THEY HEAR THE OOM-PA-PA,
EVERYBODY FEELS SO TRAL-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.
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 THE SONG OF GOOD CHEER,
NOW IS THE TIME TO ROLL THE BARREL,
FOR THE GANG'S ALL HERE.
THE POLKA DANCE DATES BACK TO 1850 IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THE MUSIC FOR BEER BARREL
POLKA WAS COMPOSED IN 1927 BY JARAMIR VEJVODA.
IN 1934, VACLAV JEMAN WROTE THE LYRICS.
THE ORIGINAL SONG WAS TITLED "SKODA LASKY"
WHICH MEANS UNREQUITED LOVE.
LEW BROWN AND WLADIMIR TIMM WROTE ENGLISH
LYRICS FOR THE POLKA IN 1939. THAT YEAR, THE
ANDREWS SISTERS RECORDED BEER BARREL POLKA.
THERE IS NO MENTION OF ANY BEER IN THE LYRICS!
THIS IS MP3 MUSIC. CHECK YOUR SOUND SETTINGS IF YOU HEAR NO MUSIC.
This page was last updated on: July 21, 2009
