My ancestor was from Urfahr
My ancestor was from Urfahr | |
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Maria Andergast and Hans Lang | |
publication | 1940/1948 |
length | 2:46 min. |
Genre (s) | Bat |
text | Erich Meder |
music | Hans Lang |
Label | Elite special |
Cover versions | |
1957 | Pirron and Knapp : In the Tröpferlbad |
1957 | Pirron and Knapp : In the tram |
195? | Pirron and Knapp : The Huber in St. Valentin (or similar) |
My ancestor was from Urfahr, an Austrian hit from the Singspiel Ein X für ein U from 1940, which became very popular, especially in the cover version Im Tröpferlbad by Pirron & Knapp from 1957. The music was composed by Hans Lang , the original text was written by Erich Meder . In 1948 Maria Andergast and Hans Lang recorded the song Aus Urfahr was my ancestor , which became a success. The interpretations of this song with the text Im Tröpferlbad and In der Straßenbahn are by Pirron and Knapp from 1957.
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My ancestor was from Urfahr
From Urfahr was my ancestor consists of two stanzas and the refrain. In the version by Maria Andergast and Hans Lang you can hear dance orchestra accompaniment in the background. At the beginning the first stanza is sung, then the chorus, then the second stanza and again the chorus:
The 1st stanza begins with the words:
On the Donaubruckn there is a pair on it.
Am Pöstlingberg am greanen look up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up
Then comes the chorus, which begins like this:
Because my ancestor was from Urfahr
And my ancestor was a Urfahrerin
When in Urfahr i where vorfahr A Urfahrerin ois looks at me
Then the 2nd verse and again the chorus are sung.
In the drip bath
The text begins with the following words about the melody, but there is no actual repetitive refrain here;
Last Friday we wore two in the Tröpferlbad
That you wore no part of it is schod, schod, schod, schod, schod, schod, schod
Druntn min cashier da hod a woman would like to Bahöö
Wos she sogn i am a oide fairy, fairy, fairy , Fairy, fairy, fairy, fairy
In the tram
The text begins with the following words about the melody, but there is no actual repetitive refrain here;
Recently in the morning we were on the tramway gfoan
A Sardinenbüxn is there a Schmoarn, Schmoarn, Schmoarn, Schmoarn, Schmoarn, Schmoarn, Schmoarn
On the rear platform of an Dreersechzga Wogn
Ham we de Bremsenkurbl although alternating in Mogn, Mogn, Mogn, Mogn , Mogn, Mogn, Mogn
The Huber in St. Valentin
(possibly also another title)
This version of Pirron & Knapp tells of the experiences of the Huber couple (the Huawa and the Huawarin ), who travel back to Vienna from a country trip in St. Valentin with the Federal Railway .
history
The song Aus Urfahr was my ancestor comes from the musical comedy Ein X für ein U by Hans Gustl Kernmayr , music: Hans Lang, lyrics: Erich Meder, which premiered in 1940 at the Wiener Kammerspiele . The song appeared on an Elite Special shellac record in 1948, interpreted by Maria Andergast and Hans Lang. It then developed in the version Im Tröpferlbad , and also In der Straßenbahn , by Pirron & Knapp to a great success. It appeared on various LPs and became an evergreen. From the Tröpferlbad there again cover versions, such as the duo Strobl & Sokal. The melody was also used for an advertisement for Blaschke coconut domes.
Web links
- Lyrics From Urfahr was my ancestor , musixmatch
- Lyrics Tröpferlbad , Lyrix
- In the Tröpferbad / In the tram , discogs
- In the tram , Pirron and Knapp
- List of works Erich Meder , Erich Meder Homepage
- Sheet music edition , Stretta Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ Folk culture radio show AufhOHRchen with Edgar Niemeczek , Radio Niederösterreich , August 2018.
- ↑ Rupert Leutgeb, Wolfgang Tauscher: Hans Lang - Melodies go around the world. Zwettl 2008, ISBN 978-3-901287-13-8 , p. 103 f.
- ↑ Elite Special Platte , oldthing.de