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Thread #10015 Message #67197
Posted By: bet
31-Mar-99 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Come and Hear the German Band
Subject: ADD: The German Band
Hi again Mark,
I did remember to get the words for you. They are in my 3rd grade books.
The German Band
(German folk song - English lyrics by Margaret Marks)
Refrain:
Come and hear the German band, German band, German band!
Oh, the weather is so grand for the big parade!
1. First there comes a drummer, And as a drummer,
He's quite a plumber! He's off the beat in ev'ry number,
And no one knows how come
They let him drum.
2. Next come brasses playing, It sounds like neighing,
Or donkeys braying! And all the people there are saying,
"Let's stuff 'em up with hay
So they won't play!"
3. Next comes our police force, Three men and one horse,
I wonder who's boss! Although their leader shouts his head off,
With his a-hep, a-hep,
They're out of step!
Hope this helps. I don't know how authenic these words are but usually the folk songs in this book are pretty accurate. Bet
Note from Joe Offer (Sept 2008): I found this song in the fourth-grade volume of the Silver Burdett Music textbook, Making Music Your Own (1971 edition, page 14). I put corrections in brown above.