Schnitzelbank Song Enunciation & Lyrics/Refrain Practice

Enunciation of the Lyrics to the German Bar Song - Schnitzelbank. Example of how we sing the song lyrics at the Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth.

[@shannongirl25]

Thank you! This brought back so many fun memories

[@kathymolyetreinbolt8343]

As a little girl we sang this song every Christmas at my Grandparents house! Such happy memories!!!

[@TheBavarianInn]

+Kathy Molyet Reinbolt That is cool Kathy! I will start singing it at home the same way from now on! Never too late to start a new tradition... right?

[@karolinesmail3001]

lots of memories my father taught me this song he was german born came to America in the 1950s this reminds me of him alot I miss him dearly

[@AlwaysaGemini]

Thank you for the clear explanation

[@michiganedge4770]

Thanks for the video! Brings back good memories

[@stevemitchell7959]

I remember singing this in German class in high school. I did have one big OOPS though. I had the "schiess gewahr" part to sing and mispronounced it "scheisse gewahr". The entire class erupted in laughter. If you need to know why, feel free to find a translator. LOL

[@bchapman1234]

I believe a schnitzelbank is a work bench either for whittling or cobbling.

[@valerieherzfeld6721]

Awesome! This brings back some fond memories for me:-)

[@TheBavarianInn]

From Jim - to those I have offended with my pronunciation to words in this song - SORRY. I don't speak German hardly at all so don't be offended by my effort. We sing this song with thousands of people each year at Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth, MI USA - we have fun even if we don't have all the sounds exact.

[@xxKyriaxx]

@TheBavarianInn you post this video online, saying this is how to pronounce the German words properly - yet you pronounce them wrongly. I understand your reasons, but you're teaching under the pretense that this is the proper way to pronounce them. Even if you know the people you made this video for may not be able to learn it within 30 minutes of practice, you should still give them the chance to try. At least they may have tried and then maybe ended up saying it wrong themselves.

[@franswuharmbruster2015]

I remember that song when my mother played the record from Marv Herzog. She told me what all the words were at the time.

[@lhsjoberg]

keine sorge, ihr akzent ist sehr gut - unbedingt ob sie nicht deutsch können! am wichtigsten ist, dass wir die alte traditions pflegen - oder zumindest etwas (don't worry, your pronunciation is fine, especially if you don't speak German. all that matters is that we honor some of the old traditions). we miss Michigan, and look forward to coming back to sing this song in Frankenmuth the next chance we get...thanks for posting!

[@BritaniaANDPrussia]

thank you! i am taking german classes and i decided to do a folksong on some of the research im doing in a huge report, and i hav to sing this, im not a good singer but i need this for pronounciation

[@blattgrun]

I get hardly breathe from laughing

[@USCCHRIS0476]

@bchapman1234 Schnitzelbank is a carpenter's table/carving table

[@TheBavarianInn]

Schnickel is the word in front of Fritz. I believe a "schnickel fritz" is a little boy who is mis-behaving or a bad boy...

[@TheBavarianInn]

I know my pronunciations are not correct on a few words but I needed to teach a quortet how to pronounce them who know zero German. In 30 minutes of practice I knew they could not master the proper pronunciation for Schoene, wasn't going to work when they sing fast. It is quick & down & dirty! Send me a link to a better video and I will kill my video and send people to that one! Danke Schoen!!

[@RAYMOND65DH]

irst when you sing this song;drink liters bier en when sing more

[@franswuharmbruster2015]

I am looking for Marv Herzog music, BTW

[@58Alpha]

You say you'll "review the proper pronunciation for the words" but your pronunciation for 'nicht' or 'schöne' or 'quer' plus a few other words is not correct actually.

[@AnthonyBarthelCurbside]

His horrible pronunciation is KILLING me but I wish we had those napkins for our Oktoberfest.

[@quemich]

Wird er bezahlt, dies wahrend Arbeitsstunder zu machen?