Artist: Rudolf Baumbach
Author: Rudolf Baumbach
Year: 1879
Teacher-poet from Thuringen (1840-1905). First line of this poem: Hoch auf der gelben Wagen. Music was added after his death in 1922 by Heinz Hoehne. That's when it became a signature tune of the Wandervogelbewegung, kind of a romantic counter force against the German industrial effort. Dutch translation Hoog Op De Gele Wagen (by Margot Vos) became a local hit among schoolkids during every organized bus trip (in days before i-Pod that is).
Covers:
Jean-Louis Pisuisse [in German during his cabaret performances]
Walter Scheel und die Düsseldorffer Männergesangsverein [the Bundeskanzler; hit GER as Hoch auf der gelben Wagen]
Roy Black [idem]
Kurt Edelhagen [idem]
Heino [idem]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)