Beer Barrel Polka
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"Beer Barrel Polka" is a popular World War II–era song, originally a Czech tune, that became widely known in English through lively recordings such as those by The Andrews Sisters.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II-era song
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polka ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| becamePopular | late 1930s ⓘ |
| composer | Jaromír Vejvoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EnglishLyricist |
Jaromír Vejvoda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lew Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Wladimir Timm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1934 ⓘ |
| genre |
polka
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popular music ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Roll Out the Barrel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
popular wartime sing-along song
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standard of polka repertoire ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Czech
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English ⓘ |
| hasMelodicOrigin | Czech dance tune ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
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ⓘ
The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersion |
The Andrews Sisters recording of Beer Barrel Polka
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Will Glahé recording of Beer Barrel Polka ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | Škoda lásky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
barrel of beer
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good times ⓘ |
| hasTempo | lively ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | Škoda lásky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDanceMusic | true ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Eduard Ingriš
NERFINISHED
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Václav Zeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingArtist |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
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Glenn Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Lombardo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Glahé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
celebration
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drinking ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPeakPopularity | World War II era ⓘ |
| usedAs | wartime morale song ⓘ |
| wasHitInCountry |
Germany
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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