I inherited this old German scroll that has some sort of song on it. I’m in the US and don’t speak German, so this doesn’t mean anything to me. Does anyone know the background on this? Is this a common song in Germany?
by Kxl215
I inherited this old German scroll that has some sort of song on it. I’m in the US and don’t speak German, so this doesn’t mean anything to me. Does anyone know the background on this? Is this a common song in Germany?
by Kxl215
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Never heard of it/seen before and I can‘t read the small font. So far those are random words and don’t make sense at all 😀
Jacob Ruppert doesn‘t sound really german tbh..
I don’t speak much german but it’s my understanding the schnitzelbank song is a german rhyming song where one person asks the other if they have (some item). Each time they ask, the other person(s) respond yes we have XYZ. Then they recount all the questions they asked in the chorus.
It reminds me of the 12 days of christmas song how the chorus keeps growing as each new verse is added.
Our family friends growing up had a similar poster. “Ist das nicht ein schnitzelbank? Yah, das ist ein schnitzelbank… ” and it repeats with all the other images…
According to this
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/a7261df7-6ad2-47cf-80d6-aeaacf8f27d7/content
The song actually originated in Wisconsin at a German restaurant. Gus Backus (American) recorded a version of it in 1966. I know this song from a film and live in Germany but none of my German friends knew what it was. Seems to be more American-German
Jacob Ruppert was a famous New York businessman and politician of German ancestry, most well known as owner of the New York Yankees. This item could have something to do with his brewery.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Ruppert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Ruppert)
Wow, I didn’t know this was a real song. I’d only ever heard the Animaniacs version (which is great btw)
https://youtu.be/almeGRne1_g?feature=shared
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