Rauß!, Little Dogie, Schnell, schnell!

"Der Alte Cowboy" is the German title of the Western standard "The Last Roundup." Here's a link to an .mp3 of the Comedian Harmonists' recording of Der Alte Cowboy, courtesy of WFMU's Beware of the Blog:

Called "Jewish-Marxist noise" by the Nazis in 1932, this German singing supergroup broke up two years later after it was prohibited from performing due to the non-Aryan heritage of half its members. This piece of fluff was recorded a month before the split. Download MP3

In 1997, the story of the Comedian Harmonists was told in an award-winning German-language film. I haven't seen the movie, but I've been digging the music for the last several weeks, and I like this track more and more each time I hear it. Give it a listen.

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