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Once an Austrian Went Yodeling

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

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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.

 

  • when along came an avalanche… (rumbleRumbleRUMBLE!)

  • when along came a St. Bernard… (Bark! Bark!)

  • a milk cow… (moo, moo)

  • a dairymaid… (Help me!)

  • an ambulance… (woo woo!)

  • an EMT… (Clear! BZZZT!)

 

Once an Austrian went yodeling,

And he fell off a cliff!

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