DIE DIXIE-KAVALIERE, Amalie geht mit ´nem Gummikavalier, 1962

It´s summertime, so here are two summer related Dixieland songs. The Dixie-Kavaliers were  inspired by the success of the Old Merry Tale Jazzband who had a few hits mixing Dixieland and Schlager around the same time in the early 60s.

Amalie is an uptated Dixieland version of an old German Jazz-Schlager. Max Raabe recently authentically revived the 1927 original, a so-called “Badesaison-Schlager” (bathing season hit song). In the 1920s, swim rings and other sorts of inflatable water toys, were called Gummikavalier. The song was written by Siegwart Ehrlich (1981-1941), a German jew, who was also known by his pseudonyms Victorio and Sydney Ward. Ehrlich wrote many songs for revues and musicals. In 1933, he fled Germany to escape the Nazis. He died  in 1841 in Barcelona.

Trumpf ist die Mode der Seebadsaison,
man nimmt ins Wasser Tiere,
Hunde aus Gummi in jeder Façon,
Affen, Giraffen, Tapire.

Amalie fand das sehr apart,
doch hat sie ihre eig’ne Art.

Amalie geht mit ‘nem Gummikavalier,
mit ‘nem Gummikavalier ins Bad.
Amalie geht mit ‘nem Gummikavalier,
mit ‘nem Gummikavalier ins Bad.
Und sie pustet, und sie bläst ihn auf geschwinde,
an der Nordsee und im Wannsee, Travemünde.
Amalie geht mit ‘nem Gummikavalier,
mit ‘nem Gummikavalier ins Bad.

 

DIE DIXIE-KAVALIERE, Amalie geht mit ´nem Gummikavalier, 1962

Fittingly, In meiner Burg am Strande is also bathing-related. Originally written in1938 written by Ralf Maria Siegel, In meiner Burg was first  recorded by Oskar Joost Tanzorchester. The name of  Hamburg-based jazz musician and bandleader Günter Fulisch appears in the credits on both labels so I assume the Dixie-Kavaliere was one of his projects.

In my sand castle on the beach…

DIE DIXIE-KAVALIERE, In meiner Burg am Strande, 1962

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