TEXAS DANCEHALL STANDARDS: Lee Roy Matocha / Arise My Darling Waltz / Dixietone 6707 / 1960s

Lee Roy Matocha was born in Plum, TX, and began playing accordion in his uncle Zbranek’s band in 1947 at the age of 14. He joined the Lee Ilse Orchestra in 1952 as a musician, singer, and later band manager. His vocals were featured on many of the band’s recordings for Bess Records and Hummingbird. When Lee Ilse retired in 1964, Lee Roy formed his own orchestra from the remaining members of the Ilse group, touring and recording extensively. Matocha also tape-recorded radio shows of polka band music which broadcast on several different radio stations of south-central Texas from the 1960s until his death. Lee Roy retired from performing in 1998 and passed away in 2003.

This song is Barton & Novak #58: Vstávej, má milá (Arise My Darling; Pretty Dancing Girl) [https://www.oupress.com/9780806168876...]. Matocha sings two verses:

Vstávej, má milá, už je den bílý.
(…Get up, my love, it's daylight.)
Půjdeme do háje trhat květiny.
(…We'll go to the grove to pick flowers.)
Půjdeme do háje trhat květiny.
(…We'll go to the grove to pick flowers.)

Já bych vstávala, hlava mě bolí.
(…I would get up, my head hurts.)
Vem bílý šáteček a zavaž mně ji.
(…Take a white scarf and tie it for me.)
Vem bílý šáteček a zavaž mně ji.
(…Take a white scarf and tie it for me.)

[Arise My Darling Waltz (Vstavej, ma mila), Leeroy Matocha Orchestra, Dixietone 6707, recorded 1960s, matrix B]
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