The Beerbarrel Polka was written by Jaromír Vejvoda in Czechoslovakia 1927 as an instrumental song without lyrics. It has enjoyed a wide variety of superimposed lyrics in various countries, none of which seem to have anything to do with one another (the first one, from Czechoslovakia, translates loosely to “wasted love”).

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It became widely popular in this country during WWII, and was recorded by a wide variety of artists. It never fails to please as a dance tune; traditionally it begins with a drum “roll-off,” but since brass quintets don’t have a drummer, the first two bars were my solution.

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This arrangement of the Beerbarrel Polka is not published and is available for $18.00 for hard copy and $15.00 for pdfs.

 

It is not recorded, so the mp3 is a FINALE MIDI audio extract (not the greatest sound, but enough to give you the idea of how it goes.