Weggis Song

DESCRIPTION: "From Lucerne to Weggis on Hol di ri dia Hol di ria Shoes and stockings we have none, Hol di ri dia Hol dia Hol-di-re-dia Hol-di-re-dia, Hol-di-ria Hol-di-re-dia, Hol-di-re-dia Hol-dia. "Weggis starts the highest hill... Boys & girls climb with a will..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Carl E. Zander and Wes H. Klusman, Camp Songs)
KEYWORDS: travel clothes campsong
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 147, "Weggis Song" (notes only)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsPopularEdition, p. 48, "Weggis Song" (1 text, tune referenced)
ChansonsDeNotreChalet, p. 25, "Weggis Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
National-4HClubSongBook, pp. 18-19, "Hol-di-ri-dia" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Jasmine Stack, "Vo luzern auf wäggis zue" (Piotr-Archive #495, recorded 02/23/2023; Piotr-Archive #502, recorded 02/27/2023; both recordings in Swiss German, with the second correcting some words of the first)
NOTES [22 words]: The tune of this is listed in Zander & Klusman as "Swiss Yodeling Song." Which doesn't strike me as narrowing things down much! - RBW
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File: ACSF147W

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