Camp Winton Songbook
Once an Austrian Went Yodeling
based on the folk tune "Und jetzt gang i ans Peters Brünnele"
In this tune, the yodeler gets interrupted by an increasingly long list of things happening. Each one builds until the song ends.
Austrian folk tune
Cumulative Song
There are as many versions of this as there are places that sing it. You want to get weird, go for it, just keep it appropriate.
Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountaintop high
When along came a cuckoo bird interrupting his cry.
Ohh, wee, ahh…
O d'lia ki ki ah, o d'lia (cuckoo, cuckoo)
O d'lia ki ki ah, o d'lia (cuckoo, cuckoo)
O d'lia ki ki ah, o d'lia (cuckoo, cuckoo)
O d'lia ki ki ah oh.
Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountaintop high
When along came a skier interrupting his cry.
Ohh, wee, ahh…
O d'lia ki ki ah, o d'lia (cuckoo, cuckoo—swish! swish!)
O d'lia ki ki ah, o d'lia (cuckoo, cuckoo—swish! swish!)
O d'lia ki ki ah, o d'lia (cuckoo, cuckoo—swish! swish!)
O d'lia ki ki ah oh.
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when along came an avalanche… (rumbleRumbleRUMBLE!)
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when along came a St. Bernard… (Bark! Bark!)
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a milk cow… (moo, moo)
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a dairymaid… (Help me!)
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an ambulance… (woo woo!)
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an EMT… (Clear! BZZZT!)
Once an Austrian went yodeling,
And he fell off a cliff!