GREAT JOB !! I am a 75 year old man from Central Texas. My mom and dad went dancing every Saturday night. We young kids danced to it also. The song was written by Cotton Collins. He played with the Lone Star Cowboys. Its named after a very small town in Texas. In different parts of the state the melody is named differently. Anyway it brought happy tears to an old man, thank you so much.
Beautiful but this is Pytala Sie Pani...Polish..played at many a' parents weddings. I knew it from my Father but when hearing by a group in Zakopane Poland it really hit home..
Is there a chart that has that last short bridge they did? I've never played it with that addition. This is probably my favorite song ever and this is such a wonderful performance.
My parents were German/Russian Eastern European immigrants and there are SO MANY songs from there that became famous here...Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain is one where both words and music were translated into English...I learned it from an old Chech man in Ely Nevada.... Du Kanst Nicht Treu Sein (sp?) is one I grew up playing at home.. It too had both music and words trsanslated into English.. It was a BIG hit for several stars after WWll known as "You Can't Be True Dear"...
It is not an American tune at all, rearranged perhaps, it is actually a famous Polish song that the Yanks copied. The polish song is: "Pytala Sie Pani Waltz" . So lets get the facts straight.
When playing "Westphalia Waltz", it is shame people don't bother to research it's origin. Far from it being an American tune it's origin is so far as definitely known is Polish! However, there is some evidence that it could be French! when played at a dancehall in Westphalia, Texas, as far as they knew, it had no name! So, like many people have done, they gave it one. Really too bad they didn't ask the Polish people who immigrated to that area it's real name! If interested look it up, but don't ask wickipedia, they have it wrong!
Read Joe Weed's chronology. It is at: www.joeweed.com/documentaries/westphalia_waltz.htm It is a Polish tune (with a few Texas touches} but there really is a Westphalia, Texas. Probably the people in Westphalia, Texas don't even know about the original North Rhine-Westphalia.
Stonebridge Farm Caravan Park Glad I'm not the only one that knows Westphalia is in Germany. Although I'm pretty sure that rather than a town, is a region/state.
I can not remember the Polish title but it translates to something like "Why so sad, lady? Tunes have been adopted across national boundaries, sometimes with variations, for centuries. Nearly all "Old Time" "American" tunes are originally from the British Isles, and scholars believe those "folk" tunes were simplified imitations of court music. "Tradition" is what your grandfather did :)
Yea, it's definitely Polish. I think it's a dance known as a "varsovienne" which originally came from the Warsaw region. And that area of Central Texas was settled by Poles in the 19th century. Nearby towns include Zabcikville and Rosanky, and Bremond has a celebration of "Polish Days" in August.
