Bolle recently traveled at Pentecost

Bolle recently traveled to Whitsun and is one of the most famous folk songs from the Berlin area in the Berlin dialect .

According to the assessment of the musicologist Lukas Richter is this is a farce song on the prototype of Cavalier, "rüdigen" Berliner. The song reflects the holiday excursion of a typical Berliner to the then suburb of Pankow with the Schönholzer Heide . Thanks to the suburban and Kremser wagons , this had become a popular leisure activity for Berliners since the middle of the 19th century. The common nickname Bolle (onion) stands for an unspecified person.

There is neither a relationship with the Berlin wholesaler Carl Bolle nor with the Brandenburg hairdresser Fritze Bollmann .

Since the song is widespread, it has undergone numerous changes, including for demonstrations and political events. The number of stanzas in the song also varies, as in many popular songs, depending on the source.

text

1 . Bolle recently traveled to Pentecost, After Pankow was his goal; Then he lost his youngest Suddenly in Jewühl; A full half hour Did he feel for him? But still, Bolle has Janz deliciously amused. 2. In Pankow there is no food, In Pankow there is no beer, Was all uffy eaten From strangers here. Not a butter sandwich Has one reserved for him! But still, Bolle has Janz deliciously amused.

3. On the Schönholzer Heide, There’s a brawl And Bolle, don't be cowardly, Was right in the middle Pulled the knife out And massacred five. But still, Bolle has Janz deliciously amused. 4th The day was already beginning When he sees his home. The shirt was without a collar, The nasal bone is kinked, The right eye was missing The left one marbled. But still, Bolle has Janz deliciously amused.

5. When he came home But then he felt bad There his Olle has him janz murderously thrashed! A full half hour Polished them on him. But still, Bolle has Janz deliciously amused. 6th And Bolle wanted to die He thought it over: He's on the rails The Kleinbahn druffjelegt; The small train is delayed And a fortnight druff, Our Bolle was found there As dried vegetables uff.

7th And Bolle was buried in an old box .: The pastor said 'amen' and threw it on a shit. The people applauded and then went home. And now is the story from our bull!

literature

• Karl Heinz Ocasek (Ed.): Be happy and sing ...: Songs from our lives . Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-359-00974-6 .

Web links

• Bolle recently traveled to Whitsun in the historical-critical song dictionary

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lukas Richter (ed.): Mother, the man with the coke is here: Berliner Gassenhauer . German publishing house for music, Leipzig 1977 (with notes).
2. ↑ Text and melody on ingeb.org
3. ↑ [1]