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14 May 00 - 05:37 PM (#227940) Subject: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Margo I've heard this sung locally. A verse I remember is: In heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here When we are gone from here All our friends will be drinking all our beer The verses continue with rum, whiskey, etc. Anyone know this one? Or do you know who wrote it? Thanks, Margo |
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14 May 00 - 06:03 PM (#227947) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Gary T Margo, I know it as a country chart hit by Tom T. Hall. It's a virtual certainty he wrote it. Chances are it's on Cowpie. |
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14 May 00 - 06:11 PM (#227951) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Gary T Well shoot, I couldn't find it on Cowpie. They did have "I Like Beer" by Tom T. Hall, which makes me think I might have confused the two songs. I distinctly remember it as a country chart song, possibly a minor hit. I believe the artist was at least reasonably well-known, but now I have doubts as to whether it was Tom T. Hall. |
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14 May 00 - 06:14 PM (#227953) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Dale Rose I expect you'd best wait for Barbara Shaw to do this. I imagine she has heard it more times than anyone else here. Clue: it wasn't Tom T. Hall. |
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14 May 00 - 06:21 PM (#227957) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Stewie Carl Finch of the marvellous dance band from Texas, Brave Combo, adapted it from Czech traditional song. You'll find it on Brave Combo 'Polkas for a Gloomy World' Rounder CD 9045. As they say, 'with its relentless tension and release, polka has fun with life'. --Stewie. |
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14 May 00 - 06:46 PM (#227971) Subject: Lyr Req: IM HIMMEL GIBT'S KEIN BIER (E Neubach)^^ From: Ship'scat Folks, I'd always thought it was an old (or at least oldish) German beer garden song. I haven't the foggiest of who Ernst Neubach is or when he wrote this or if he wrote it. I do think its older than Tom T. Hall. Look at http://www.ingeb.org/Lieder/imhimmeg.html for an umpah midi. Note the verse is different from the chorus. Regards, KC
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14 May 00 - 07:13 PM (#227978) Subject: Lyr Add: IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER (Brave Combo^^ From: Stewie The Brave Combo adaptation goes as follows:
IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER They note: 'Famous old Czech song about beer. We've expanded the theme a little, but it's all the same. What the heck'. --Stewie. ^^ |
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14 May 00 - 07:14 PM (#227979) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: jets I always thought Frankie Yankovic wrote it .If not, he sure did a lot to make it popular. |
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14 May 00 - 08:34 PM (#228004) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Barbara Shaw Yup, this thread caught my eye! I checked with the resident expert to get the facts. My husband Frank was bass player and vocalist in the band "Clean Living" which recorded this song on the Vanguard label in 1971. It was on the self-named album as well as a single, and apparently was pretty popular. He says it was written by two guys named Ralph Segal and Ernst Neubach. The Clean Livers claim that they used to goof off with this song to loosen up before a gig. At this, their first recording session, the producer gave them buckets of cheap wine and told them to loosen up with a few tunes. They cranked out this one, with the engineers, producers, hangers-on, everyone singing and yelling and having a grand old time. Didn't know it was being recorded, and never expected it to be a hit! So then this serious, folk/rock band had to live down this song that has forevermore followed them.
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14 May 00 - 09:33 PM (#228019) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Dale Rose Back in the olden days, I used to go to the tavern a lot ~~ not to drink mind you, but to enjoy the Royal Crown Cola, John's homemade pizza, and the company of good friends who were there, usually after a high school basketball game. You could NOT spend more than an hour without hearing IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER!!!!! in that wonderfully raucous version by Clean Living at least once, and likely more. One day I decided to punch up the other side and discovered what I'd call the real Clean Living, a really nifty song called Backwoods Girl. That is when I decided I had to have the album. Here almost 30 years later, I still have it (and play it), though I do wish Barbara had not reminded me how really long ago it was! If you can find it, I'd recommend it. VANGUARD 79318, I've seen it listed at used lp sites anywhere from $14 to $20, with the single priced in the $4-$5 range, but if you bought the single you'd miss all the other good stuff, none of which is anything like IHTINB.
You can hear a sound sample of the Clean Living version on Dr. Demento: 25th Anniversary Collection courtesy of CDNow. (I'm not going to bother with breaks here, it should be readable without them) Disc1 01. Smells Like Nirvana - "Weird Al" Yankovic Cobain/Nirvana 02. Heartbreak Hotel - Stan Freberg Axton/Durden 03. The Curly Shuffle - Jump 'N The Saddle Quinn 04. Rubber Biscuit - The Chips Johnson 05. The Martian Boogie - Brownsville Station Koda/Lutz 06. Fast Food - Stevens & Grdnic Grdnic/Stevens 07. Car Phone - Sheeler & Sheeler Davis/Fries 08. Highly Illogical - Leonard Nimoy Grean/Hertz 09. One More Minute - 'Weird Al' Yankovic Kankovic 10. No, I Don't Wanna Do Dat - The Happy Schnapps Combo Krueger 11. Dance Of The Hours - Spike Jones & His City Slickers Ponchielli 12. My Dead Dog Rover - Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank Landsberg 13. There's A New Sound - Tony Burrello Burrello/Murray 14. When I Was A Dinosaur - Trout Fishing In America Armer/Egan 15. The Old Philosopher - Eddie Lawrence Lawrence 16. Happy Boy - The Beat Farmers Becker/Conover 17. Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me - Tiny Tim Burke/Dubin 18. Shaving Cream - Benny Bell Bell Disc2 01. Particle Man - They Might Be Giants Flansburgh 02. Sensitive New Age Guys - Christine Lavin Gorka/Lavin 03. The Hunting Song - Tom Lehrer With Orchestra Lehrer 04. Achy Breaky Song - 'Weird Al' Yankovic 05. In Heaven There Is No Beer - Clean Living Newbach/Siegel 06. I Gotta Get A Fake I.D. - Barnes & Barnes, With Friends Barnes/Barnes 07. Peter The Meter Reader - Meri Wilson Bearman 08. Everybody Wants My Fanny - Benny Bell Bell 09. Entering Marion - John Forster Forster 10. 'Cause I'm A Blonde - Julie Brown Brown/Coffey 11. Leader Of The Laundromat - The Detergents Pockriss 12. Song Of The Sewer - Art Carney Dubey/Karr 13. Mr. Custer - Larry Verne Darion/DeLory 14. Second Week Of Deer Camp - Da Yoopers DeCaire/Potila 15. Timothy - The Buoys Holmes 16. Stardrek - Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara Ferrara/Pickett 17. Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly Levinthal/Manspea 18. Moose Turd Pie - Utah Phillips Public Domain
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15 May 00 - 12:02 AM (#228064) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: paddymac It's a fun song, sure enough, but also a first-rate oxymoron. How could anyplace be heaven if it had no beer, wine, sex, ets., etc. "Hey, Mr. Custer, I Don't Wanna Go" |
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15 May 00 - 01:21 AM (#228086) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Stewie I was just going by the note on the Brave Combo CD - the only place I've heard the song. Are Brave Combo's lyrics the same as the Clean Living ones? If so, the lads got it seriously wrong somehow. They are normally pretty reliable with their sources. Elsewhere in the insert, in relation to a tune titled 'Potato Chip Polka', they mention a Les Blank documentary also called 'In Heaven There Is No Beer'. Weird. --Stewie. |
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15 May 00 - 02:48 AM (#228108) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Dale Rose Stewie, I think there probably is a more complete version somewhere, but Clean Living's version is a heck of a lot more fun. I've never heard the Brave Combo lyrics anywhere, they must be original with them. It was a well known polka tune, long before Clean Living made it their own. I've never heard polka bands voice some of those sentiments. Barbara (and Frank) can correct me if these lyrics are wrong. :-) It was really fun to see her account of how the song came to be!
In Heaven, there is no beer
spoken, make that yelled ~~ EVERYBODY SING!
repeat: In Heaven, there is no beer, etc.
Lala La La La La (sing this a bunch of times)
Hot instrumental with whoops, yells, etc.
Repeat two more times. Be sure to insert appropriate La La's, AHAA'S, and whoops whenever you feel like it.
More hot instrumental.
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15 May 00 - 03:09 AM (#228112) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Stewie Thanks for that, Dale. There's plenty of hot instrumental in the Brave Combo version too. They must have used the trad/public domain polka tune and Finch wrote some of the verses. After I had transcribed it this morning, I found a Brave Combo site with all their lyrics! It's worth a look: Does Frank Yankovic's version have lyrics? Judging from his site and various polka sites, he recorded it a number of times. Cheers, Stewie.
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15 May 00 - 06:30 AM (#228132) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: poodie In Heaven there is no beer - Frank Yankovic I have this one on Real Audio if anyone wants it I will be glad to send it to them. Request it at my message board: http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb1026896 Have a good week.
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18 Feb 05 - 12:04 AM (#1413710) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: GUEST,MONTJOY44@YAHOO.COM The last recording that I know of is that of 'Clean Living' 'In Heaven Thjere Is No Beer' , hit thje Number One Charts in the 1980's. |
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18 Feb 05 - 12:51 AM (#1413738) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: GUEST,Al We have this on our CROOKED STOVEPIPE CD by Old Time Confusion, complete with English and German Lyrics, and a party. It's a great old song. Al |
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18 Feb 05 - 12:57 PM (#1414078) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Ferrara Thanks for the German words KC. I've never heard it in English, didn't even know there was an English language version; but I went with German friends to the Munich Oktoberfest and I remember hearing it a LOT. Can't remember the tune, darn it. Sometimes memories like that come back gradually though, once I remember a fragment of a song. Rita |
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19 Feb 05 - 03:11 AM (#1414702) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Kaleea Jeepers! My all time fav German drinking song! Thanks for the German text. I learned this playing in the Polka band up in MinNEEsoTUH. I once had a room full of elderly in a nursing home singing to Polkas during October activities. I looked out in the hall & saw the Mother Superior who had come to visit our resident who was a nun as we were singing this very song. As she turned around my thoughts were how much the Mother Superior would think we were all atrocious sinners, & me the worst of all, leading the singing. As I watched, her face was smiling & she was waving her hand back & forth to the Music & singing along! Turns out she was from Wisconsin, played the accordion, & wanted a copy of the Music. & the darndest thing--I had a black lab that would jump up & dance to this song everytime I would sing it. Every Octoberfest I've ever been to this is one of the songs that is sung during the "singalong" portion. |
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19 Feb 05 - 12:49 PM (#1415050) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Ron Davies Not exactly heaven, but Hawaii--perhaps a variation on the theme. I expect for somebdy in crowded gray, chilly Germany, Hawaii probably would be close to heaven. But, according to this, missing one important item. Anybody have any more verses.? Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii, es gibt kein Bier Drum fahr' ich nicht nach Hawaii, drum bleib' ich hier Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii, kein gruener Fleck Und nur vom Hula Hula geht der Durst nicht weg. |
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19 Feb 05 - 01:10 PM (#1415063) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Ron Davies Certainly didn't mean to put down Germany. In fact I had a great time while I was there. Even though it may be gray and chilly during the winter, die Kneipen, Fasching, das Schunkeln, skiiing, and the cultural life in general, especially the music, made the gray times no problem at all. (But there sure were a lot of songs about sunny places, like Spain, Italy --and Hawaii.) |
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19 Feb 05 - 08:53 PM (#1415282) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Ferrara Ron, THAT is the song I do remember and now that I see the words I remember the tune, too. But... I thought the last line was something like (sorry, this is phonetic) : "Es ist so heiss auf Hawaii, kein Kuhles Pfleg," etc. I.e. "it is so hot in Hawaii," then I think the next bit is supposed to mean, "there's no cool breeze." ????? Note this rhymes with Weg; although I may have the wrong word and/or spelling, I know it rhymed. |
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20 Feb 05 - 11:12 AM (#1415605) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven there is no Beer From: Ron Davies Rita-- I think you're right---it's "kuehlen", not "gruenen"---after all there is in fact a lot of green in Hawaii. Maybe we should PM Wilfried, Wolfgang or another German Mudcatter to get all the real words. I bet they can help. |
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11 Mar 05 - 11:48 AM (#1432287) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,john drut No one wrote it! How could you compose a song like that? It was invented by a bunch of deer hunters in Nortern Wisconsin at the turn of the century - in a bar - while staring at themselves in the bar mirror over their brew. They had no deer, were drunker than skunks and trying to figure out how they would explain themselves when thy got home! Now this fact can be attested to at Jump River Rosy"s bar in Jump River, Wisconsin; where the hunter's names are written on the walls in honor of their bravery and courage. |
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16 Mar 05 - 06:54 AM (#1435928) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST this is screwed. who the f*&% cares who wrote it. its a wicked 'song' (if you could call it that) it is extreemly entertaining. what more do you need to know? |
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05 May 05 - 02:49 PM (#1478853) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Adam in 'Sconsin Apparently nobody has ever traveled to wisconsin...this song is practically a state anthem...go to essen haus beer hall in madison and you are guaranteed to here it |
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05 May 05 - 10:08 PM (#1479134) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Mary Come to Green Bay....'Sconsin.....and you will definitely sing in heaven there is no beer also ! Its such a fun song to sing and to dance too !!! |
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24 Jun 06 - 10:58 AM (#1768056) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Tex You ought to hear Flaco Jimenez' arrangement of the song, done with a Mexican twist on the traditional polka sound. Flaco is Texas' own national king of the squeezebox, and he sings it in Spanish, English, and German. |
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24 Jun 06 - 12:32 PM (#1768095) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Tannywheeler Obvious sign of child abuse: I remember hearing this song(in Eng.) a few times before high school. I graduated in 1961. Can't tell you definitely more date info than that. Attended hs in both NY and TX. Needs to be sung more. Tw |
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24 Jun 06 - 02:07 PM (#1768169) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: michaelr In heaven there is no smoke That's why we better have another toke `Cos someday when we croak All our friends will be smoking all our smoke |
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29 Jun 06 - 01:31 AM (#1771753) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Slag (... so apparently they never heard Ben Franklin's irrefutable, "God loves us. The fact that He gaves us beer proves it." or words to that effect. No Beer in heaven indeed...) |
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30 Jun 06 - 08:11 AM (#1772654) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Jim Dixon The BMI Repertoire gives this information: NO BEER IN HEAVEN (Legal Title) Alternate Titles: YOU CAN'T GET BEER IN HEAVEN IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER IM HIMMEL GIBT'S KEIN BIER Songwriter/Composer* NEUBACH ERNEST ERNST SIEGEL RALPH MARIA Publishers BEECHWOOD MUSIC CORPORATION Artists CLEAN LIVING DILLARD HARTFORD DILLARD EDDIE AND THE SLOVENES ELLINGER COMBO FLOREN MYRON HAPPY ORGAN HAPPY POLKATEERS JANICEK POLKA BAND LI'L WALLY MAGIC ORGAN *[I suspect Neubach wrote the original German song and Siegel wrote the English translation.] |
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30 Jun 06 - 08:26 AM (#1772665) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Barbara Shaw Frank moved on from Clean Living and "In Heaven There Is No Beer" to playing BANJO! Does anyone else see the inevitable progression here? What's next?? H-E-L-PPPPPP!! |
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30 Jun 06 - 08:36 AM (#1772670) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: The Fooles Troupe Didn't die of Lung Cancer, did he? |
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30 Jun 06 - 08:36 AM (#1772671) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Jim Dixon I was mistaken (in my footnote above). This German Karaoke web page gives this information: IM HIMMEL GIBT'S KEIN BIER Text: Ernst Neubach Musik: Ralph Maria Siegel [Interestingly, though, it seems the German verses have no counterpart in English. At least no one has posted any English verses and I don't recall hearing any. In English, we sing only the chorus, and variations of it. I don't even know what the verses sound like.] |
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28 Nov 06 - 12:58 PM (#1894772) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,William Anybody know the chords foe ,In Heaven There Is No Beer ? please |
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28 Nov 06 - 02:02 PM (#1894816) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Don Firth Give a man a free beer and he'll get drunk for one day. Teach a man how to make beer and he'll stare at you for a few moments, then go looking for a free beer somewhere else. Don Firth |
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29 Nov 06 - 12:24 PM (#1895691) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Jim John Hartford also sang this song. That's where I first heard the verse about smoke given by michaelr back a few posts. |
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29 Nov 06 - 03:32 PM (#1895868) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Q (Frank Staplin) To add a little to post by Jim Dixon: Ernst Neubach was known primarily as a screenwriter; perhaps best known was the 1956 "Die Fischern vom Bodensee," which was given 'art' theatre showing in America. Ralph Maria Siegel, b. 1911, was a songwriter, also writing music for films. He did the score for the 1955 English film "I Am a Camera," the script of which received poor reviews in New York. The German text of the song in the DT is OK, except umlauts and 'double-ess' S#223; are not printed. See http://ingeb.org/Lieder/imhimmeg.html for accurate transcription. |
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19 Dec 06 - 12:03 PM (#1913775) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Mr. Kaizer I've only heard The Pogues' version, which is very good in my opinion. |
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02 Jan 07 - 02:42 AM (#1924575) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,DJTom Are you searching for these Lyrics?- BEER IN HEAVEN POLKA (AKA In Heaven There Is No Beer) In Heaven there is no beer That's why we drink it here And when we're gone from here All our friends will be drinking all our beer In Heaven there is no wine Lets drink til we feel fine And when it comes our time All our friends will be drinking all our wine In Heaven there is no drink At least thats what we think And when we go ca-plink All our friends will be drinking all our drink In Heaven there is no beer That's why we drink it here And when we're gone from here All our friends will be drinking all our beer In Heaven there is no beer Let's stay and Drink it here And when our friends aren't here We will be drinking all their beer |
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11 Feb 07 - 11:42 PM (#1964542) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Craig Covey Original Words from Ernst Neubach: Verse 1: "Sicher muß der Wein vom Rhein etwas Wunderbares sein. Sicher ist ein feiner Sekt etwas, was besonders schmeckt. Sicher ist der Schnaps so scharf, daß man einen heben darf. Aber heut' seid's gescheit, liebe Leut'." Translation: Truly must the wine from the Rhein be wonderful, Truly there is a fine champagne, that tastes particularly good. Truly the Schnapps is so strong, that it can hold you up. But today the people are clever. Verse 2: "Jeder Mensch hat seinen Tick und seine Eigenart. Eine fliegt auf glatt rasiert, die and're auf den Bart. Einer möcht' nur Fußballspiel, dem andern ist das Wurst. Ich allein gesteh' es ein, ich hab' immer einen Durst." Translation: Every man has his "tick" and his characteristics. One is smoothly shaved, the other has a beard. One wishes only to play soccer, the other wants sausage. I alone confess it, I am always thirsty. NOTE: The word tick doesn't exist in German; however, the author took other liberties in the lyrics and refrain. The original refrain omits an apostrophe to indicate a compound word in the second line. The common (for the sake of syllable count and beat) spelling for darum is "drum". Refrain: Im Himmel gibt's kein Bier, D'rum trinken wir es hier. Denn sind wir nicht mehr hier, Dann trinken die andern unser Bier. Translation: In Heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here. When we are no longer here, Then the others will drink our beer. |
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25 Jun 07 - 01:28 PM (#2086623) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: mrmoe Being from western massachusetts (an area with a very large German and Polish population), I remember hearing several groups do this song - long before the formation of Clean Living.....The Andy Cheburla Orchestra, Happy Louie, and others.....didn't care for it much then either..... |
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25 Jun 07 - 05:13 PM (#2086823) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Q (Frank Staplin) The German words by Ernst Neubach are correctly cited by Craig Covey (11 Feb 07). Two small corrections to his comments: Drum, and the spelling drum for daran, without apostrophe, will be found in any good German Dictionary (e. g. Cassell's Wörterbuch, Langenscheidt, etc.). (Often used in German is the idiom "mit allem Drum und Dran"- with everything that goes with it; with all the trimmings.) Tick, of course, appears in German dictionaries, an old Low German and Middle Dutch word, originally teke, meaning a whim, fancy, bent, fad, crochet. It is the origin of the English 'tick' (See Oxford English Dictionary). (The idiom 'einen Tick haben' means to be dotty or cracked.) |
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16 Sep 07 - 09:08 AM (#2150357) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Guest, Mr. Grant Make it singable!!: Wonderful is the wine that hails from the Rhine. True is a champagne that tastes so fine. Strong is the schnapps that holds one up, Clever are the people who drink it all up! Every man makes his choices, such as how to be sheared? One is smoothly shaved, the other dons a beard. One wants for sausage, the other for football, So I confess my thirst is one above all! In Heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here. When we are no longer here, Then the others will drink all our beer. Wisco represent! |
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10 Nov 09 - 04:10 AM (#2763253) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Dingo The Soggy Bottom boys do a good run of this song.Chords are G C D |
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10 Nov 09 - 04:31 AM (#2763260) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Steamin' WIllie In Heaven there is no....... heaven Oh heck, derailing the thread here.. |
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05 Dec 14 - 06:12 PM (#3682920) Subject: Lyr Add: EN EL CIELO NO HAY CERVEZA From: Jim Dixon You can hear this at YouTube: EN EL CIELO NO HAY CERVEZA As recorded by Flaco Jimenez on "Squeeze Box King" En el cielo no hay cerveza que beber Por eso ando tomando noche y día Porque ya cuando se me llegue el día En el mundo seguirá la Ferrusquilla.* [He follows it with an English verse and a German verse, then repeat.] I found the above lyrics online; I am unable to confirm they are accurate. Google's translation didn't make much sense. I'm hoping someone else can provide a better one. * Ferrusquilla was the nickname of songwriter José Ángel Espinoza. I don't know whether the word has another meaning. |
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05 Dec 14 - 06:50 PM (#3682930) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: Joe Offer I learned this in Racine, Wisconsin, probably in the late 1950s. I sang the song long before I was old enough to drink the beer. -Joe- |
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06 Dec 14 - 07:10 AM (#3682999) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: PHJim The GUEST:Jim post above was from me, before I became a Mudcat member. John Hartford's version |
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14 Mar 16 - 06:26 PM (#3778851) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In Heaven There Is No Beer From: GUEST,Piet with an I I would like to find the lyrics in "German" that Flaco Jimenez sings. That ain't no Hochdeutsch [standard German]. Maybe Dutch? Can anyone help? |