Chad Mitchell Trio I Was Not A Nazi Polka
--As you travel through Der Schöne Deutschland,
--A melody will greet your ears.
--It's a melody that's been around in Deutschland
--For fifteen to twenty years.
Each and ev'ry German dances to the strain
Of the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
All without exception join in the refrain
Of the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
Goering was a crazy we wanted to deport.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
We all thought that Dachau was just a nice resort.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
The German is so cultured, he does not like to fight.
The peaceful life is what he most enjoys.
For years, the German people were utterly convinced
I.G. Farben manufactured children's toys.
I never shot a Luger or goosed a single step.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
--Was you not an SS guard? --I was not an SS guard.
I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
--Did you not love Ilsa Koch? --I did not love Ilsa
Koch.
I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
--Did you not despise the Jews? --I did not; some of my
best friends...
I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
--Did you not think Adolf great? --I did not. Adolf
who?
--Adolf who! --Ja, Adolf who?
--Fritz, you're putting me on. --Was ist bedeuten sie,
"Putting me on"?
--Are you kidding me or something? --Nein, I'm not
kidding you. Adolf who?
--Adolf Hitler. --Should I know him? Is he a
folksinger?
--You don't remember. --Nein, I don't remember him. Who
was he?
--Well,...
A little man, very mean, very loud and brash. --Mm-mm.
Not too tall, he never smiled, wore a black mustache. -
-Nein; I never heard...
He had a girl, Eva Braun, hair as red as flame. --Ah,
ja, ja.
He papered walls for many years till his moment came. -
-Of course!
He's the one who clapped his hands, went into a dance.
--Ja!
When the news came to him that we had conquered France.
--That's him!
He once said, when our flag proudly was unfurled,
"Today, Germany, tomorrow, the world!"
...tomorrow, the world! ...tomorrow, the world!
...tomorrow, the world!
--I never heard of him. --Neither did I.
To our Israeli allies let us raise a toast.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
Sure there were some Nazis, two or three at most.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
We tried to throw out Hitler right from the very start.
That's what ev'ry hist'ry book should tell.
We hated Heinrich Himmler, Martin Bormann, too.
We believe as Sherman did that war is
hell...hell...hell...hell...
...heil!...heil!...Seig heil!...Sieg heil!...Sieg heil!
Germans are as gentle as flowers in the spring.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
Germans are a people who love to dance and sing.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
--Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You there, you are not
singing. Did you not like to sing? Tell me, you still
have a family in Germany, nicht wahr? Sing.
Sing the I Was Not a Nazi Polka.
Sieg heil!