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Thread #24205   Message #4130169
Posted By: NightWing
27-Dec-21 - 10:00 PM
Thread Name: Wanted: Songs for alcoholics!
Subject: Lyr Add: Beer Belly Polka
Recently found this one that I had not heard before, don't see in this list, and don't see in the DT: "Beer Belly Polka". (Mel Bay's Deluxe Anthology of Fiddle Styles. David Reiner. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. Pacific, MO: 1979. P. 20.) It says "copyright 1976 by P. Anick".

Beer Belly Polka

It ain't so hard to get rid of that lard,
A whole lot of other good folk have.
Get out on the floor with the girl you adore,
And dance to the beer belly polka.

If you think your belly's too big,
Take a drink, dance to the music.
If you don't want your beer to show,
Now's the time to make it go.
You'll be as slender as our friend the bartender
Dancing the beer belly polka.

Ain't it a shame to hear women complain,
About something we've no control of.
It gets on their nerves to see men with curves,
Dancing the beer belly polka.

If you think your wife'll bop you,
Take a drink, don't let her stop you.
If you don't want your wife to scoff,
Now's the time to work it off.
It's just as nice as doing exercises:
Dancing the beer belly polka.

It appears that I lost the software to create ABC from MIDI in my last computer crash. I'll try to post the tune as soon as I can get it back up.

BB,
NightWing