good old Dutch & goddam Dutch/Drunk Last Night

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 06:01 AM

Open Mike:

Nether= lower. In this case The Netherlands is The Low Countries.
This explains the hill in Amersfoort known as "De Berg" (The Mountain). This can be cycled up in a minute, but for them, that is a mountain.

"nether regions" is often used for the "below the belt" areas of the body in polite company.

"The netherworld" is used for Hell in the same way that "Underworld" would be used


Cheers

Nigel

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 10:34 PM

To The people of the Rhine region, it was the nether lands, where navagable rivers debouched into the sea. One of these was the Nederrijn (lower Rhine). The shape of the Netherlands now is much different from what it was in the 16th century and earlier; much land having been added by dikes and river changes. The Rhine, the Maas and the Ijssel Rivers meet the sea there.

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: open mike
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 10:13 PM

we had a discussion earlier about the word Deutsch--the German word for German (Germany=Deutschland) and Dutch---which means from Nederland or the Netherlands...of Holland. What would be the meaning for "Nether" is
it something like those other lands, or "far away" if so that seems like a funny name for your home land....such as the nether regions....

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Gareth
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 07:37 PM

Hmmm ! Try the varient from the late Joan Littlewood's "Oh, Oh, Oh, What a Loverly War"

Viz -

" Bombed last night, and bonbed the Night Before...."

and no - "Bombed" did not refer to drinking.

A version of the lyrics, from the "Trench Songs" site - Click 'Ere

Gareth

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 07:03 PM

I seem to remember this song in a film (possibly b/w) of a group stuck in a single room, such as a bar or NAAFI, awaiting the expected outbreak of hostilities.

Anyone care to correct me, or name the film?

Nigel

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 06:06 PM

Some fragments of other versions-

There are no fighter pilots in the Corps (in the corps)
There are no fighter pilots in the corps (in the corps)
Cause the corps is on the shore
Making mothers out of whores
There are no fighter pilots in the corps.

Glorious, victorious,
One keg of beer for the four of us
Singing glory be to God that there are no more of us
For one of us could drink it all -down- damn near-
Pass the beer to the rear of the squadron.

There are no fighter pilots in the army...

There are no fighter pilots in the navy...
etc.

There ain't no serious hosers in Calgary
There ain't no serious hosers in Calgary
Cause they'll wade through waist deep snow
Just to give a cow a blow,
Oh, there ain't no serious hosers in Calgary

The song may be English or Irish origin. First World War vintage??

One beer for one, two beers for two...

Drunk last night, drunk the night before,
Gonna get drunk tonight like we never got drunk before,
Cause when we're drunk we're happy as can be,
We are the members of the McDonough family
Oh, the McDonough Family is the best family
That ever came over, across the wide blue sea
Singing glorious, glorious,
One keg of beer ....

(a similar version and some other Irish songs at

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Rasener
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 04:52 PM

I better not let my wife see this. She is Dutch.

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Allan C.
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 03:20 PM

I must give credit where credit is due. I heard this song for the first time on a *shudder* "Sing Along With Mitch" (Miller) album.

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Charley Noble
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 08:38 AM

The chorus we used to sing ran:

Oh the Souse family is the finest family,
That ever came over the Zider Zee (?).
There's the Highland Dutch and the Lowland Dutch,
The Rotterdam Dutch and the other damn Dutch.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: the good old Dutch and the goddam Dutch...
From: Jacqk
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 09:47 PM

I have been fascinated by a version of this song done by a group called Stone Ring. It seems to be more complete than the version in the Digital Tradition "Drunk Last Night," and incorporates much of the lines listed above. A version on their web site went as follows:



GODDAM DUTCH (Very Lovely Traditional Folksong)

Drunk last night, drunk the night before,
gonna get drunk tonight like I've never been drunk before.
For when I'm drunk, I'm happy as can be,
for I am a member of the Souse family.

Oh the Souse family is the best family,
that ever came over from ole Germany.
You got your highland Dutch and your lowland Dutch,
your Rotterdam Dutch and your Goddam Dutch.

Cho: Singin' glorious, glorious,
one keg of beer for the four of us.
Singin' glory be to god that there are no more of us,
for the four of us could drink it all alone.
All alone, all alone,
the four of us could drink it all alone.
Singin glory be to god
that their are no more of us,
for the four of us could drink it all alone.

Well what's that smell in the evenin' breeze,
the goddam Dutch are makin' Limburger cheese

Cho:

When god made the Irish he didn't make much,
but we're a helluva lot better than the goddam Dutch.

Cho:

You may talk about your brookies and your northern pike,
but in Holland they got to fish for the carp from a dike.

Cho:

When you're listenin' to us Standing Stones,
we hope that you feel you're never alone.
For the cost it ain't that dear,
and some of your friends are here,
and the Irish music's flowin' like the beer.

Just like the beer, like the beer,
oh the Irish music's flowin' like the beer.
Singin glory be to god that there are no more of us,
for the four of us could drink it all alone.
All alone, all alone,
the four of us could drink it all alone.
Singin' glory be to god that there are no more of us,
for the four of us could drink it all alone.

Subject: RE:
From: Whippoorwill
Date: 09 Jul 97 - 12:10 PM

Bo, your version is basically the way I learned it 40 years ago, except we sang "I am a member of the SOUSE family" Stone age slang - a souse was a drunk.

Subject: ADD Version: Drunk Last Night
From: LaMarca
Date: 07 Jul 97 - 12:35 PM

On high school bus trips, we used to mix the verses of this one with another drinking song something like this:

Drunk last night, drunk the night before before,
Gonna get so drunk tonight I'll pass out on the floor
Glory be to God...etc.

CHORUS: Oh, Glorious, Victorious,etc.

Oh, there's the Amsterdam Dutch and the Rotterdam Dutch,
The Pottsdam Dutch and the other damned Dutch!
Glory be to God, etc.

CHORUS

Oh, they had to carry Carrie to the ferry,
The ferry carried Carrie to the shore,
And the reason that they had to carry DCarrie
Was that Carrie couldn't carry anymore!

CHORUS

A little more monotonous than the version Bo gives, but you get the idea...

Subject: Lyr Add: GLORIOUS, VICTORIOUS
From: bo
Date: 05 Jul 97 - 09:58 PM

The song I think you want is called Glorious Victorious These are the words I have, it also may be in the DT..

GLORIOUS, VICTORIOUS (Original Version) Tune: ?

Drunk last night, drunk the night before,
And I'm gonna get drunk tonight, like I've never been drunk before!
And when I'm drunk, I'm as happy as can be,
'Cause I am a member of the Strauss family.

CHORUS: Singing' glorious, victorious!
One keg of beer for the four of us.
Singin' glory be to God that there are no more of us,
'Cause one of us could drink it all alone. Damn near!

Oh, the Strauss family is the best family
That ever came over from Old Germany.
There's the lowland Dutch, and the Rotterdam Dutch,
And the Amsterdam Dutch, and the other damned Dutch! CHORUS

Oh, what's that smell on the evenin' breeze?
It's the Goddamned Dutch makin' Limburger cheese!
God made the Irish. He didn't make much,
But they're a helluva lot better than the Goddamned Dutch! CHORUS

Subject: need lyrics
From:
Date: 05 Jul 97 - 08:30 PM

My step-dad used to sing this drinking song to tease my grandmother because she was Dutch. I'm looking for the lyrics, and also the name of a movie that I think I heard it in (a tavern scene with soldiers, pre-1985). The chorus is something like: Glorius, glorius, thank God there isn't any more of us. Glory be to God there isn't any more of us, 'cause one of us could drink it all alone.