"Oh the Strawberry, Raspberry, Good wine that I drink......" Polka song request

KarinkaThreads: 15 Posts: 30 Joined: Apr 3, 09 ♀	Jul 5, 10, 03:58 #1
Dzien dobry! I'm looking for a good recording of a Polish Polka (don't know the exact name of the song) with the phrase.... "Oh the Strawberry, Raspberry, Good wine that I drink......" Any recommendations? Kind regards, Karinka

enkiduThreads: 18 Posts: 983 Joined: Sep 23, 08 ♂	Jul 5, 10, 04:02 #2
This may shock you, but the Polka is not very popular in Poland. And never was. Actually - its a Czech traditional folk music. The name "Polka" comes from the word "pół" (half) not "Poland" or "Polish".

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Jul 7, 10, 23:20 #3

You'll find the words and music to the polka you're interested in here:
notes and lyrics: http://www.yagelski.com/sbox/music/strawberryraspberrypolka2.gif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lywyfxGEaDs

The following should help enlgithen our undereducated Polish and UK PF-ers about the Polish-American polka, an urban art form that long preceeded the monotonous, disjointed grunts and groans of slum-dwellers known as rap-crap. http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/dance/polka.html
http://www.nostradamus.net/polka_page.htm

ZIMMYThreads: 10 Posts: 2,353 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Jul 8, 10, 00:14 #4
I've always felt that the Beatles tune, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" had a Polka beat to it.

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Jul 11, 10, 04:34 #5

Good day,

No harm intended....so sorry if I offended you.

Both sets of my Grandparents are from Poland. Both emigrated to the US.

I grew up attending/living the large Polish weddings with the live Polka bands,food, post wedding "Open Houses" with more food and more music!, etc. This song inevitably was always played. For some reason, I always loved it. I had no idea it wasn't "liked" in Poland.....

My apologies....I just remember the "good times"....

Regards,
Karinka

RaphThreads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: Jul 11, 10 ♂	Jul 11, 10, 04:59 #6
Personally, I think this is a little better version of the song for ya... I grew-up listening to the Sunday Morning Polka Party, on the radio. :-) youtube.com/watch?v=WtDO2rkTt6Q

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,835 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Jul 11, 10, 16:59 #7
Just wondered why the Polonian polka hasn't caught on in Poland. Has anyone ever tried promoting it? The oom-pa-pa German bands are popular at the Munich Oktoberfast as well as in the US, for instance at Frankenmuth, Michigan and many places in Wisconsin and elsehwere.

IronsideThreads: 59 Posts: 6,789 Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂	Jul 11, 10, 20:19 #8
Polonius3: Has anyone ever tried promoting it? doubt it

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀	Edited by: Eurola Jul 11, 10, 21:26 #9
This website has all the ooompapa songs played at a polish wedding, a village wedding I shall add. http://www.ewa.bicom.pl/wesele/weselna-96.htm http://www.ewa.bicom.pl/wesele/weselna-5.htm

KarinkaThreads: 15 Posts: 30 Joined: Apr 3, 09 ♀	Jul 12, 10, 16:24 #10
This is just my preference, with no offense intended to anyone's preference....but I just don't care for the "German type Oompapa" Polkas....I prefer the Polonian polkas Polonius3 mentioned...doing the "polish hop"....etc. That is what I grew up with and love dancing to. Thanks for the link Raph. I too grew up listening to the Sunday Morning Polka Party! :) Regards, Karinka

lilpolakThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Sep 15, 10 ♂	Sep 15, 10, 05:34 #11
I will send you the song if you give me your e mail address

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