A year or so back, I made a reasonably thorough search on this song for someone. Don't know where all my original work went to, but here is just a bit of it. "Blue Skirt Waltz" came to the attention of Frank Yankovic while he was reviewing a catalog of Bohemian music sent to him by John Mills of Mills Publishing Company. In it, the only tune that Frank found appealing was "Cervenou Sukynku," or, loosely translated, "Red Skirt Waltz." Furthermore, the song needed lyrics. At that point, Yankovic and Mills turned to one of America's finest lyricists, Mitchell Parish of " Stardust" and "Sleighride" fame, who changed "red" to "blue" and created the story of the skirt with the more familiar hue. If you want the full story of how The Blue Skirt Waltz came to be, then go here. Above excerpt taken from this site. RECOMMENDED And thanks to this one CERVENA SUKYNKA (Red Skirt Waltz) Vaclav Blaha (I added the credit) Kdyz byla jsem malicka A do skoly chodivala Vzdy mne moje maticka Do saticek oblekala Cervena sukynka musela byt Bez ni se do skoly nedalo jit Dnes takovou zase mam A nejradsi ji nosivam Refrain: Tu cervenou sukynku, Nejradsi ze vsech mam, Dnes vecer ji obleknu Az prides chlapce knam Sukynku pekne lemovanou Zdobenou faldickama At' nikdy neuvadne Laska mezi nama
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