Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)

Words & Music by Wladimir A. Timm, Vasek Zeman & Jaromir Vejvoda
English translation by Lew Brown
Recorded by The Andrews Sisters, 1939


E7         A     D9  A  E7     A     D9  A
There's a garden,      what a garden,

E7    A    F#m D9  Cdim Bm7-5   E7
Only hap - py  fa - ces bloom there,

D9           E7   D9 E7 Cdim Bm7-5   E7
And there's nev - er an - y   room there

D9    E7       D9 Cdim Bm7-5     A         Edim  E7
For a wor - ry           or  a gloom there.


E7          A        D9  A  E7          A     D9  A
Oh, there's mu - sic       and there's dancing,

E7    A  F#m   D9  Cdim Bm7-5   E7
And a lot of sweet  ro - man - cing;

 E7   D9   E7  Cdim Bm7-5  E7
When they play  the  pol - ka,

 D9  E7  D9  E7 Fdim   A    D9   A
They all get in  the  swing.


A7        D   F#m  Bm       Bm7/E       D    Fdim   D
Ev' - ry time they hear that oom - pa - pa,

Bm7-5        A   D9  A       E7          A    D9   A
 Ev' - ry - bod - y feels so tra - la - la,

    Bm7-5     E7     D9  Cdim Bm7-5    E7   D9  E7
They want to throw their cares  a  -  way,

    Bm7-5    E7   D9   E7  Fdim   A
They all go lah - de - ah - de - ay.


A7        D   F#m  Bm      Bm7/E     D   Fdim   D
Then they hear a  rum - ble on the floor, the floor --

Bm7-5    A   D9     A            E7          A    D9   A
It's the big sur - prise they're wait - ing for.

   Bm7-5     E7     D9  Cdim Bm7-5   E7   D9  E7
And all the cou - ples  form   a    ring,

Bm7-5     E7   D9   E7          Fdim       A   
 And for miles a - round you'll hear them sing.


Refrain:

A    E7       A    A6   A     A6   A      Edim     E7
Roll out the bar - rel, we'll have a bar - rel of fun;

D9   Bm      D9    E7   D9    E7  D9  Bm7-5 Cdim     A   
Roll out the bar - rel, we've got the blues  on the run.

A    E7         A    A6    A   A6  A A7/6 A7        D
Zing boom ta - rar - rel, ring out a song of good cheer;

Bm        Bm7/E  Bm7-5 Cdim A6     A     F#7
Now's the time to roll  the bar - rel, 

         D9    E7    A
For the gang's all here.


*Czech in origin, this song's original title was "Skoda Lasky" (Unrequited Love)


 
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