In Heaven There is No beer - Wikipedia In Heaven There is No beer `` Im Himmel gibt 's kein Bier '' Song Language German English title `` In Heaven There Is No Beer '' Published 1956 Genre Drinking song Composer ( s ) Ralph Maria Siegel Lyricist ( s ) Ernst Neubach `` In Heaven There Is No Beer '' is a song about the existential pleasures of beer drinking. The title of the song is the reason for drinking beer while you are still alive. The song in German is `` Im Himmel gibt 's kein Bier '', in Spanish, `` En El Cielo No Hay Cerveza ''. It was originally composed as a movie score for the film Die Fischerin vom Bodensee, 1956, by Ernst Neubach and Ralph Maria Siegel. The English lyrics are credited to Art Walunas. Atongo Zimba recorded a version as well as Dr. Demento. The song was the inspiration for the title of the 1984 film and 1985 Sundance Film Festival winner, In Heaven There Is No Beer ?, which also featured the song `` Who Stole the Kishka ? ''. A version with different lyrics, titled `` Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii '' ( `` There Is No Beer in Hawaii '' ) was performed by the German singer Paul Kuhn in 1963. Contents 1 Origins 2 Marching Band Renditions 3 Lyrics 4 References Origins The Polka may have origins in the inscription over the doorway to the dining hall of a German or Austrian monastery. Marching band renditions A rendition of the song, the Hawkeye Victory Polka, is played by the University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band after Iowa Hawkeyes football victories and has been a tradition since the 1960s. The Iowa Pep Band also plays the song, when present, after men 's basketball, women 's basketball, and other Iowa Hawkeyes athletic team victories. The Yale Precision Marching Band plays as a brass feature. It is played for tailgaters at Yale University football games. The band has written various other verses attacking other schools in the Ivy League. The song is played by the Michigan Tech. University Pep band regularly at events. The song is played by the Fort Hays State University pep band at sporting events. An extended version of the song, with 5 verses, is played by the North Dakota State University Gold Star Marching Band and Bison Pep Band after a Bison victory since 2011. University of North Dakota fans sing a version throughout the season, particularly at hockey games. The University of Wyoming band plays it at all home games, football and basketball. The band also goes to every bar the night before home football games playing both the fight song and the beer song. Lyrics In heaven there is no beer. That 's why we drink it here ( Right Here ! ) and when we 're gone from here, our friends will be drinking all our beer ! Im Himmel gibt 's kein Bier, Drum trinken wir es hier. Denn sind wir nicht mehr hier, Dann trinken die andern unser Bier. References Jump up ^ `` En El Cielo No Hay Cerveza ( lyrics in Spanish and Dutch ) ''. Retrieved 20 September 2009. Jump up ^ Siegel, Ralph Maria ; Neubach, Ernst ( 1956 ). Im Himmel gibt 's kein Bier : Marschfox. Aus dem Neubach - Film : Die Fischerin vom Bodensee ( In Heaven There is No Beer ) ( musical score ) ( in German ). Zürich : Helbling. OCLC 81325100. Jump up ^ `` Music in Ghana - Atongo Zimba ''. Retrieved 7 February 2010. Jump up ^ Dr. Demento ( 1995 ). Dr. Demento 25th anniversary collection more of the greatest novelty records of all time. ( sound recording ). Santa Monica, California : Rhino. OCLC 33275688. Jump up ^ Maslin, Janet ( May 23, 1984 ). `` Documentaries on Polka and Bluegrass ''. New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009. Jump up ^ `` In Heaven There Is No Beer ? ( 1984 ) '', IMDb. This 1950s song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In_Heaven_There_Is_No_Beer&oldid=804099396 '' Categories : Drinking songs Polkas 1956 songs German songs Songs about alcohol Works about beer 1950s song stubs Hidden categories : CS1 German - language sources ( de ) Vague or ambiguous geographic scope from May 2016 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2016 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 6 October 2017, at 18 : 46. About Wikipedia

Question: in heaven there is no beer in german
Answer: Im Himmel gibt's kein Bier