10 Important Songs to Know for German Beer Fests

What are 10 of the most Important Songs to know for German beer fests? In between a few beer we are here to also try out some German beer drinking songs.

German beer fests are a great time to be had by all and many great beers to be tried and consumed at your own pace. The beers can be consumed without a language barrier, or lack of familiarity, but the songs; because you might actually get to hear them only once a year, and might not be able to sing along with them, we’re here to bridge the gap. Many of them have funny themes, are telling you to drink up, ormany tell of the singers liking for their favourite alcohol.

We have selected a few of the more well-known ones, and you can play them over to your heart’s content, till you are able to sing along with the music. If you really want to perfect your skills with each individual song, now that we identified the songs for you, you can search for the lyrics and learn them by heart.

10 Oh Du Lieber Augustin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMVFL1yAw9E

9 Im Himmel Gibt’s Kein Bier
In heaven there is no beer

8 Schnapps, dass war sein letztes wort
Schapps that was his last word

7 Trink, Bruderlein Trink
Drink, little brother drink

6 Beir Her- Bring the beer to me (or I’ll fall over)
Short but sweet, if you can’t get more beer than obviously you will fall over

5 Hoch Soll Er Leben
This is a birthday song usually but at the end you have to raise your glasses to the birthday person. Usually after the first 2 verses you invent your own verses according to the person whose birthday you are celebrating.

4 Da droben auf bergen
This song is an old folk music song with often varied and funny lyrics. There is a video to a protest song with changed lyrics, but here are the lyrics I have since there are no other traces of it on the internet

Dort droben auf dem berg
Steht ein soldat
Er kann ja nicht weiter
Weil er volle Hosen voll hat

(Chorus)
Holla di hi
A holla di ho
Holla di hi
A holla di ho

There up high in the mountains
Stands a soldier
He can’t go any further
Because he has full pants

Mein Vater ist Schreiner
Und Schreiner bin I
Mein Vater macht Wiegen
Was reinkommt mach I

(Chorus)

My father is a carpenter
And a carpenter am I
He makes the cradles
Makes goes in them make I

Dort unten in Tale
Steht ein Gerüst
Da werde die Madeln
Elektrisch geküsst

(Chorus)

Down below in the valley
Stands a frame
There were the chicks
Electrically kissed

Found on Street Talk Savvy page Good German Songs

3 Wer Soll Dass Bezahlen
A common drinking song, where questions are asked, who’s gonna pay for that shout, and who ordered it?

2 In München Steht Ein Hofbrauhaus
This one is about the famous beer house the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. It is a coomon one to here at beer fests

1 Ein Prosit– the most important
The quintessential beer fest song. There are no beerfests without it. After every 4 or 5 songs, this song is used as an intermission, and party are asked to raise their glasses and 1,2,3 SWILL