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 BEER  BARREL  POLKA
(aka "Roll Out The Barrel" and "Rosamunde")
​

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Time signature: 2/2  (played as a POLKA )
Tempo: fast
​
​Comes from German song "Rosamunde"
​based on Czech song "Skoda lasky (1927)
Music composed by Jaromir Vejvoda (1925)
​Lyrics added by Vasek Zeman (1934)
"Beer Barrel" adaptation by Lew Brown
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar =  2
Beat symbol  =  Colon  ( : or equivalent, such as  .  .  or  ;  "   )

Either row:  
  4* - 8
Pattern of parts (following arrows shown):  A B CC D 



Part A   (Verse 1)

   "5       "o6*     |    .5    .4    .r    "5   "o6*  |    .5        .4       .r 
There's    a           gar-den,      what    a        gar  -  den
                       
    "5      "o6*     |     .5     .6       .7*    .6      |     .6        .6*     .r
    On   -   ly            hap - py    fac  -  es       bloom there

      "6*      6       |   .6*      .6       .7*    .6      |      .6       .6*     .r
     
And there's     nev  -  er      an  -   y         room   there

        "5*   "6*     |    .6*   .5*   .r    "5*  "6*    |     .5*       .5      .r
         Or     a          wor - ry           or    a        gloom  there


Part B    (verse 2)                 

 "5       "o6*       |    .5     .4     .r    "5    "o6*    |    .5      .4      .r
Oh    there's         mu -  sic        and  there's     dan - cin'
                       
      "5    "o6*     |     .5     .6          .7*       .6    |    .6       :6*     .r
     And     a            lot     of        sweet   ro   -   man - cin'

                          |    ;6*     "o1      ;6*     ".6    |   .6    .6*         .r
                             When  they   play   the        pol - ka

               .5*       |    .5     .i1       .5*      "6*      |     :6    
            They           all    get       in       the        swing



Part C  (Verses 3 & 4)

>  .5     .i1*       |    :5*           .i1*        .5*~ | ~.5*    .4*    .4      .3*  |    ::5*~ | ~:5* 
   Ev  -  'ry           time        they      hear_____   that oom - pa    -   pa______
 Then  they         hear           a         rum_____    ble    on    the      floor_____


.4*   .o6*           |      :5         .o6*          .5~ | ~.5      .4       .3*     .3   |     ::5~ | ~.5
Ev -  'ry                bod    -    y          feels_____     so      tra  -  la    -     la______
It's    the                big       sur  -     prise_____  they're wait - in'         for_____


  .6       .7*  .6    |        .:6*             .7*        |       .:5*                .5    |   ::6*~ | ~.6*
They want to        throw           their             cares               a     -   way_____
And    all   the        cou     -        ples              form               a         ring_____ >


(last line of verse 3)
   .6     .7*   .6    |        .:6*                  .7*   |        .:5*              .i1*   |  ::5~ | ~.5    .r  <
They  all    go           lah           -      de  -          ah       -       de    -  ay_____

(last line of verse 4)
> .6     .7*   .6    |        .:6*                   .7*   |        .:5*              .i1*   |  ::5~ | ~.5   .:r  |
  For miles a     -       round           you'll          hear           them     sing_____



Part D (in key of inside row)

|      ::5               |   .:5     .o6*    |   .5    .:5*~ | ~::5* |
       Roll                out    the         bar -  rel______,   


|   .5       :5*   .5  |  .5*    :5   o6* |     ::4*~ | ~::         |
we'll  have  a       bar - rel   of         fun_____

|      ::5*              |  .:5*  .o1* |   .5*    .:6*~ | ~::6* 
      Roll                out   the      bar -  rel______,

|   .5*      :6*   .5*  |   .6*    :5*  .o1* |  ::5~ | ~::5     |
  we've  got  the    blues on  the     run_______
 
|   ::5   |    .:5    .o6*  |   .5    .:5*~ | ~::5*   |
  Zing    boom   ta   -   rar  - rei_______,

|   .5      :5*  .5   |    .5*   :5    .3    |   ::5*~ | ~::  |
  Sing  out   a      song of good    cheer____


|  .3*      .4     .4*   .5   |   .:6*  .5*   |   .5*    .:5~ | ~.5    .r     
Now's  the  time  to     roll  the       bar - rel_____,

    .o6*    .5   |    ::5*    |   ::6*   |   ::6~ | ~.:6   .r   | 
  Cause the    gang's      all      here_____
 


Alternate Part D (raised to a key a "fourth" higher)

|      ::5               |   .:5     .o6*    |   .5    .:5*~ | ~::5* |
       Roll                out    the         bar -  rel______,   


|   .5       :5*   .5  |  .5*    :5   o6* |     ::4*~ | ~::         |
we'll  have  a       bar - rel   of         fun_____

|      ::5*              |  .:5*  .o1* |   .5*    .:6*~ | ~::6* 
      Roll                out   the      bar -  rel______,

|   .5*      :6*   .5*  |   .6*    :5*  .o1* |  ::5~ | ~::5     |
  we've  got  the    blues on  the     run_______
 
|   ::5   |    .:5    .o6*  |   .5    .:5*~ | ~::5*   |
  Zing    boom   ta   -   rar  - rei_______,

|   .5      :5*  .5   |    .5*   :5    .3    |   ::5*~ | ~::  |
  Sing  out   a      song of good    cheer____


|  .3*      .4     .4*   .5   |   .:6*  .5*   |   .5*    .:5~ | ~.5    .r     
Now's  the  time  to     roll  the       bar - rel_____,

    .o6*    .5   |    ::5*    |   ::6*   |   ::6~ | ~.:6   .r   | 
  Cause the    gang's      all      here_____
 



​

Embedded youTube VIDEOS
​Twelve videos in keys of:   A,D=1    A=1    C=6     C,F=2     F=1     G,C=1

Most of these videos have a "2 beats/bar polka sound".

Also, please note that not all performances follow the above accordion notation; you may need to make adjustments when playing along.
​
Key:  A  from time 0 to Near end.
​         D  near end.

Tempo:  ~120 bpm

Group:  The Andrews Sisters

​Posted by:  nalber

ROSAMUNDE

​Key:  A    followed by D & E ?

Tempo:  ~120 bpm

Group:  Andre Rieu & Orchestra

Singer:  Heino (Heinz Georg Kramm)

Posted by:  Andre Rieu

Key:  C

​Tempo: ~150 bpm

​Music:  West Coast Prost

​Posted by: Jason Fabus

Key:   C

​Tempo: ~125 bpm

Group:  Lawrence Welk TV Show (1981)

​Posted by:  Sundaresan Srinivasan


Key:  C   from time 0 to 2:45
               followed by two tunes "Pretty
               Maid" & "Happy Wanderer"

​Tempo: ~125 bpm

Group:  Kalendar Band

Posted by:  Kalendar Band - Topic


Key:  C

​Tempo: ~150 bpm

Piainist:  Michael English

Posted by:  Michael English

Key:  C 

​Tempo:  ~125 bpm

Accordionist:   Annie Gong

Posted by:  Annie Gong

Key:  C   for first half  ?
          F   for second half  ?

Tempo: ~130 bpm

Group:  Glahe Musette Orchestra

Posted by:  The78Prof
​

​SKODA LASKY

Key:  C   for first half  ?
          F   for second half  ?

Tempo: ~120 bpm

Group:  Czech Lion

Posted by:  Czech Lion

Key:   C

Tempo: ~130 bpm

Group:  STRATO-VANI 

Posted by: L&T Records / Sea MC
​​

Key:  F ?

Tempo: ~125 bpm

Singer:  Bobby Vinton

Posted by:  sunsetgurl1

Key:  G   until near end ?
​          C   at end ?


Tempo: ~120 bpm

Music:  The Magic Organ

Posted by: Crinale819
​​​

​Background Materials, Information & Links

LYRICS














​Some of the many verses




Verse 1




Verse 2




​Verse 3




Verse  4




Verse 5


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 dancin'
And a lot of sweet romancin'
When they play the polka
They all get in the swing

Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa
Everybody feels so tra-la-la
They want to throw their cares away
And (Polish) ''Loopde shpay devashteva"

Then they hear a rumble on the floor
It's the big surprise they're waitin' 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
Sing boom tararrei, sing out a song of good cheer
Now's the time to roll a barrel, cause the gang's all here

Background
​
Click HERE for (wikipedia) background info on the "Beer Barrel " polka/song.