Lyrics to Hulapalu, an fairly new Oktobefest hit that will have you yodeling along
It's got a cracking rhythm! A gravelly-voiced lead singer! Women covered in tattoos kissing each other on the belly! It's got - yodelling! Andreas Gabalier's Hulapalu is a corker, and easily became the most popular song at the Oktoberfest in 2016.
The song was the third single from the Austrian folk singer's 2015 album Mountain Man and by far the most enduring. This feels like an Oktoberfest hit for a new generation and features an awesome build up that it's hard not to get up and dance to, even on the first listen.
Well done Andreas Gabalier, hopefully we won't have heard the last of you!
German Hulapalu Lyrics
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di eh
Happy hour, mitten in der Nacht
Sexy, alles tanzt alles lacht
Vierzig Grad am Dancefloor
Hulapalu sagst du in mei Ohr
Wo's is denn Hulapalu, Wo's ghert denn da dazu
Macht ma beim Hulapalu vielleicht die Augen zu
Kann ma beim Hulapalu die Sterndal sehn
Sag mir, wie soll des Gehn?
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di eh
Du host du gsagt
und Fu hab i gedacht
wasd nur du mit mir machst
wenn nur du für mi lachst
I und du und nur der Mond schaut zu
Dann sagst du Hulapalu, Hulapalu, Hulapalu
Wo's is denn Hulapalu, sog mir wo kummt des her
Wie schreibt ma Hulapalu was is des bitte sehr
I glaub nur Hulapalu is ned ganz Jugendfrei
Du sogst nur was is schon dabei?
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di eh
Du host du gsagt
und Fu hab i gedacht
wasd nur du mit mir machst
wenn nur du für mi lachst
I und du und nur der Mond schaut zu
dann sagst du
Du host du gsagt
und Fu hab i gedacht
wasd nur du mit mir machst
wenn nur du für mi lachst
I und du und nur der Mond schaut zu
dann sagst du Hulapalu
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di eh
English Hulapalu Lyrics (Translation)
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodie odi ohh eh
Happy hour, in the middle of the night
Sexy, everyone dancing, everyone laughing
Forty degrees on the dancefloor
Hulapalu, you say in my ear
What is Hulapalu, What belongs to it ?
Do you close your eyes at the Hulapalu ?
Can you see the stars at the Hulapalu ?
Tell me, how do you do it
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodie odi ohh eh
You said "you"
And I thought "Fu"
What do you do to me
when you only laugh at me
You and me and only the moon will watch
Then you say: Hulapalu, Hulapalu, Hulapalu
What is Hulapalu, tell me where does it come from
How do you spell Hulapalu, what is it ?
I just think Hulapalu is not for kids
And you only say: What if...?
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodie odi ohh eh
You said "you"
And I thought "Fu"
What do you do to me
when you only laugh at me
You and me and only the moon will watch
dann sagst du
You said "you"
And I thought "Fu"
What do you do to me
when you only laugh at me
You and me and only the moon will watch
Then you say Hulapalu
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodi odi ohh di ho di eh
Hodie odi ohh eh