It has function the anthem of the Czech tramping. Now, the give-and-take "tramp" sure enough sounds similar a perfectly English linguistic communication give-and-take – sometimes, Czechs pronounce it "tramp", sometimes they read it similar a Czech word, e.g. "trump" (which makes it fifty-fifty to a greater extent than relevant nowadays). I accept heard or said the give-and-take every other twenty-four hr menstruum for five years earlier I learned how to say "I am" inwards English. ;-) Nevertheless, Wikipedia basically tells us that the give-and-take "tramping" is either from Czechia or from New Zealand, encounter a disambiguation page. Kiwis view tramping to survive "a mode of backpacking".
Well, the Czech tramping page makes it clear that tramping inwards the Czech feel is much to a greater extent than than some walking inwards Nature. It's a cultural campaign inspired past times America – too past times Karl May's novels virtually the Wild West. And the Czech tramping music is an inseparable business office of this culture.
The Czech tramping page starts every bit follows:
Tramping (in Czech too Slovak language) is a campaign incorporating woodcraft, hiking/backpacking/camping too scouting, amongst a feature flavour of too styled on American culture, especially the Wild West.[1] The latter is specially noticeable inwards the tramping song, a vocal too musical mode associated amongst tramping. Tramping originated inwards Czechoslovakia inwards the commencement of the 20th century[1] too is silent acquaint inwards today's Czechia too to a lesser plane inwards Slovakia. It manifests itself inwards a distinctive mode of clothing, hiking civilisation too tramping music. For the urban youth it was a specific cast of a "return to the nature".Most European nations await at America inwards their ain special way. Some nations accept been then attracted to America that lots of people accept emigrated. The Poles too the Irish Gaelic are pretty proficient examples – too America has rewarded them past times turning them into heroes of jokes virtually morons. ;-)
Czechs are non classic emigrants to America. We accept been pretty satisfied inwards the stinky lilliputian Czech pond (the Czech basin). However, in that place are Czech communities inwards the the States But it's cool to await where they're located. I mean value that my Yankee readers volition handgrip that most immigrants from generic unusual countries effort to acquire to the bluish states – too the wealthiest bluish states – too they also tend to contribute to their beingness blue.
Well, Czechs are arguably "economic leftists" merely it's strikingly obvious that they accept moved to the ruby-red states. Look at this list posted past times Pamela Grennes, a Texan, of the function past times 50 communities inwards the U.S. that accept the largest Czech minorities (by percentage). Munden, Kansas tops the listing amongst 46.8%. Other states you lot volition uncovering inwards the listing include Texas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Indiana, North Dakota, too also Minnesota too tiny representation of California too Illinois. Look at this table of preferred presidential candidates to encounter that the ruby-red states wildly dominate – too fifty-fifty the bluish ones were ruby-red upward to Bush Sr. New Prague inwards Minnesota has a clear Czech-inspired name.
Czechs were evidently attracted to the vertical strip correct inwards the centre of the the States That's paradoxically (approximately) the portion without trees.
Those towns amongst large Czech minorities tend to know kolaches which are likely the most feature symbols of my nation's heritage over in that place – I don't mean value that Czechs inwards Czechia would handgrip that our state is virtually koláče LOL. But it's plausible that the romantic attraction to the Wild West too America's Nature partly explains why Czechs accept chosen these wild states every bit their emigration targets.
Although I am naturally much to a greater extent than "urban", tramping was something I couldn't avoid every bit a kid. While I refused to bring together the Socialist Youth Union (SSM) where teenagers function members to excogitation their friendship amongst the communist party, I was silent a "pioneer" – the pro-regime children organization. We had a bully scout leader too his boy too nosotros made lots of trips etc. And of course, I was exposed to some tramping exterior the pioneer activities, too.
Some hiking inwards Nature is inseparable, nosotros didn't truly exercise whatsoever hunting merely in that place were lots of campfires. Around the campfires, individual plays a guitar too folks typically sing the Czech tramping songs. They're a hybrid of Czech folks songs too the American province (and confederate) music. The Czech bluegrass music is considered a subset of those things. Aside from the extraordinarily rigid presence of province music inwards Czechia, I would also say that relatively to the residual of Europe, Czechia is also a jazz superpower – merely jazz doesn't belong to the tramping civilisation every bit far every bit I sympathise it. ;-)
The fact that most of these things were culturally inspired past times America wasn't quite clear to me inwards the 1980s. In May 2017, it was ironic to larn that the chairman of our cast came from a hardcore communist trouble solid unit of measurement – I considered him 1 of the function past times tramping guys, too. (Classmate J.S. was a defining tramper for me, however, too a large fan of Wabi Daněk. I mean value he's really miserable today.) Clearly, the American season of tramping wasn't incompatible amongst the communist regimes. The communists didn't tending virtually it too perchance they didn't fifty-fifty know that tramping was "pro-American" too many of the songs were truly straight copied American province songs – and, inwards some cases, fifty-fifty gospels.
YouTube offers you lot lots of playlists amongst Czech tramping songs.
At the top, I embedded the most famous vocal past times the belatedly Wabi Daněk. Here's a speedy translation of the lyrics, then that you lot may acquire something from the atmosphere (well, lots of other songs were much merrier or combative):
Dew on the Tracks
Just similar the natural language that constantly hits a broken tooth,
I am persistently hitting my railway station inwards club to proceed on moving.
In front end of me, shadows are plodding, too inwards a higher house the landscape,
a unusual aeroplane is circling, a aeroplane or a cloud.
Chorus:
So pace on it, for you lot to encounter a chunk of the world.
Try to pick out handgrip of the distance into your palm 1 time again.
Telegraph wires accept been playing something for you lot for years:
The infinitely long, monotonous blues.
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It's the morning, it's the morning,
you lot are wiping the dew on the tracks amongst your feet.
Pajda [doggy name, "a limping puppy"] is nicely guarding pilgrims who wonder through the night,
who prefer to hold off for the sunset too they proceed on walking.
They are dragging barefoot over the railway tracks
too on their rope, they behavior their whole house, a blanket, too rum.
Chorus:
So pace on it, for you lot to encounter a chunk of the world.
Try to pick out handgrip of the distance into your palm 1 time again.
Telegraph wires accept been playing something for you lot for years:
The infinitely long, monotonous blues.
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It's the morning, it's the morning,
you lot are wiping the dew on the tracks amongst your feet.
You are wiping the dew on the tracks amongst your feet.
Some other music inspired past times America – The Heavy Pokondr band's funny texts added on function past times of the subject music from the motion painting virtually the 2 most famous Americans of all times, Winnetou too Old Shatterhand. I suspect that most American readers are asking: Who the fudge are Winnetou too Old Shatterhand? Well, perchance Czechs know America to a greater extent than than you lot do, Yankees. ;-)
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