This song brings back memories of my visit to Idlewild Park last summer: The organ was playing "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" right as the carousel actually did break down!
Lots of kids in this generation cannot appreciate the incredible complexity of such machines. To them everything that has their focus is in a few inches of rectangular plastic or aluminum at most 1/4 inch thick. But this instrument is an amazing bit of work. Bravo to whomever it is that maintains it.
It’s not a “Nice arrangement”. It’s the ORIGINAL arrangement, as it was first published. So far it’s the only version I’ve found on RU-vid, that includes the “Intro” melody.
ik kan me nog herinneren dat er vroeger in Venlo (ik woon er zelf) een oude man met een draaiorgel rondliep en geld inzamelde. dat is echt lang geleden, daarna heb ik hem nooit meer gezien. denk dat ie helaas dood is...