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Urban Tapestry was inducted into the Filk Hall Of Fame in 2011! We are deeply appreciative of this honour. If you're not familiar with the term "filk", please see Debbie's Filk FAQ entry: What is filk? 

 

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Sunday
May122013

Song: Wo Ist Der Bahnhof? a.k.a. Our German Song

Filkcontinental audience 

Back in 2005, Urban Tapestry was overseas Guests Of Honour at FilkContinental, one of the German filk conventions. We had a wonderful, unforgettable time. You can see my Filkcontinental photos on Flickr and Allison's photos: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3. And my Filkcontinental con report: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4

Here's the song I wrote for us to perform during our concert, plus some songwriting notes I took when I was figuring out the counterpoint parts for the chorus.:

Wo Ist Der Bahnhof?

OUR GERMAN SONG (aka "Wo Ist Der Bahnhof")
 By Debbie Ridpath Ohi
 Sept/2005
 
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 So we learned some German so they'd
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 be amazed at Filkcontinental
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 Ow, our mouths can't make these sounds
 G
 Please be gentle!
 
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 And we studied hours 'til our
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 brains exploded (well not quite) it
 A          E                        F
 took some time but we learned ONE PHRASE
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 Here, let's try it:
 
 CHORUS:
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 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 D              A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 
 A                 E
 So we packed our luggage, we flew
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 'cross the ocean, all excited,
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 Landed, found a Help Desk clerk, and
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 we recited:
   
CHORUS:
 D               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 D              A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 
 A            E
 We wanted a taxi but hey
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 we'll take the train, don't need first class
 A         E                 F
 Then we wondered, is there lunch?
 G
 so we asked
 
CHORUS:
 D               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 D              A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 
 A                E
 But they didn't feed us, they just
 F                       G
 made us get off, it was NOT what we needed, (we)
 A        E               F
 Found a restaurant, sat down
 G
 and we pleaded
 
  CHORUS:
 D               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 D              A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof

       A                   E
       At the end of this story, they ar-
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       -rested us, threw us in prison
       A
       Now we're working hard to learn a
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       phrase that isn't:
       
CHORUS:
 D               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 D              A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof
 E               A
 Wo ist der Bahnhof