This is a great song and a very nice presentation. I'd forgotten all about it until tonight when I was looking over the Top 100 list for 1960. This sure belongs on the list! Thanks for the upload.
This song was on the Juke box at my Grandmothers bar "Terry's" @ the port of lake charles, those sailors played the hell out of it, Thanx for posting it!
Thank you for posting this sng. My grandmother was German and she owned this song on a 45rpm. I can't locate the record. What a great memory this provides me at Christmas. Jim
I'm 27 and I first heard this song about 4 years ago on WQZS 93.3 out of Meyersdale, PA. For a long time I listened almost daily for them to play this song and a few others that no other stations ever play. It took me a few years before I actually found out who sang this song and what the name was. I get tired of most oldies stations playing the same songs over and over when there are so many other good songs like this that are never played.
Beautiful music, reminds me of the song my dad would hum all the time, he was born in germany in 1907 came to America id 1927. I have traveled to Europe multiple times and always enjoy the visits to the homeland of my father, especially the music and food
My Daddy and I would always sing this song together (he was born in Germany) and he would always say it was a good lied! He's passed on now, but this song will always be very special to me!
Both my sets of grandparents were from Germany and used to listen to Lolita. I gained a greater appreciation of my German ancestry through her songs. Danke schoen fuer die schoene Lieder.'
For some reason I fell in love with this song when i was a boy of 13 in Detroit Michigan and bought it and played it for everyone for years. I still have it. She has a lovely voice! Thanks for sharing!!
For some reason I fell in love with this song when i was a bboy ob 13 in Detroit Michigan and bought it and played it for everyone for years. I still have it. She has a lovely voice! Thanks for sharing!!
Heavens to Murgatroid! THANKS so much for posting this utterly delightful & charming "blast from the past" for us to enjoy. I heard it played this morning on a local nostalgia radio station while driving around town. What a pretty tune...and Lolita had such a lovely voice. Since I don't speak German, I'm glad the song gives us some English lyrics too! You've MADE my day & my week...CHEERS, mate! :-)
I remember when I first heard this song, I thought it was so beautiful. Through the years I haven't changed my mind, I still think it is as beautiful as when I first heard it. And when I heard of her passing, the Sun didn't seen to be quite as bright as it was. R.I.P. Beautiful Lady
I was in first grade when this song was released. I always loved this song. There was a number of German and Italian songs released in the late '50s and early '60s and this was one of my favorites. She had such a pure, simple, beautiful voice.
I like this original version and sad to hear Lolita has died. I am more familiar with the Petula Clark reworded English version "Sailor" which became UK No 1 a little later in Feb 61 and she also reached No 2 in France with her French version "Marin" in June 61-both on YT
The news of her passing was much more painful than would have thought, probably because of my heratage, growing up with it was a constant reminder of the kin in the Braunfels area. When this song was a hit the relatives I grew up with saw it as an affirmation of the connection to relatives in Germany. Of course after the war we lost touch with all of them far as I know.
Very nice, long live this song, long live Lolita ...............rip,
Such a beautiful song, in any language. It reaches deep inside and touches emotions like no other song I have ever heard. I can listen to it over and over, and it never grows old. I love it.
I heard this recently and had to find it...I enjoy it as much in german as I do the english version....like all commenting I am saddened to hear of her passing and can only hope she didn't suffer but went peacefully
I am so saddened to hear of her passing. I remember when I first heard her hit song, Sailor-Sailor, to hear her singing it brightens my day... All our love for giving so much to the world, Edith..
i am sorry to hear she past away i just fond now the song and did no her nam was lolita but i like the song think's for youtub i fond it thank s for all of you.............
I am sorry to hear of Lolita's passing.I have always liked this song. I remember my Mom thought I was crazy for buying a 45 record IN GERMAN. I have been considering recording this song myself, but not sure it would sound quite the same sung by a guy.
@terrisonb Actually, there was a very popular version of this song by German male singer Freddy (Quinn). Do a You Tube search for "Freddy Quinn - Seemann, deine Heimat ist das Meer ".
@wally1435 I am so sorry she died, this I think is the most beautiful song on earth, I am Brasilian and love this so much, and Lolita too, may she rest with all the angels.
I was 18 in Duluth MN. waiting to ship out on one of the ore freighters in 1968 when I first heard this song.I played this song every time we got back to port..It always reminds me of returning home from the Great Lakes & the great memories.Thank You for posting.
This was one of my grandmother's many German albums, I still play them on my stereo every so often. This is how I learn how to speak German when I was a kid.
My Grandmother loved this song because it was in German! She passed away in October 2005. She taught me the German alphabet when I was a kid. I forgot it but I remember the song! :)
@wally1435 If you have a look at Petula Clark my Dad was serving on HMAS Melbourne .RIP DAD we came down to HMAS CERBERUS we found your tool,s still there .waiting for you ?
@wally1435 Hi wally1435 There are a lot of song,s sung in German do you have any other,s as the Brit,s r/e did them and lay claim to them Have a great day man .
I just learned today that Petula Clark did an English version of this song in 1961. (It's on Youtube) She sang it beautifully, of course, but the English translation is so different from the original German lyrics. It actually left me feeling disappointed when I heard it. I'm 49. As for my own memories of this song, I recall my German-born father singing this with all his brothers and other relatives who were born in Germany. I first heard Lolita's version about 15 years ago on the radio.
It is with great sadness that we have lost a great singer. I ordered a couple of her records and listen to them a lot. She, in my opinion, is as good as Nana. I remember listenging to this song when I was in my teens.
It is with great sadness that we have lost a great singer. I ordered a couple of her records and listen to them a lot. She, in my opinion, is as good as Nana. I remember listinging to this sone when I was in my teens.
I heard this many, many times on the radio late fall/early winter of 1960 as I was getting ready to board the bus to my school. I've always loved this song. What a great melody/words and singer. Thank You.
sorry to her of her passing. she was a wonderful talent. I was a punk high school kid when this song came out way back when and we liked this song a a lot even tho it was so different from what w had on the AM radio. great song. my son lived in Germany for 7 years in the AIR Force and he translated all this to me one night as we drank beer on his patio in Ramstein area.
@larrydh2 Thanks for sharing those special memories. Her music will remain timeless and she's touched people all over the world with this song, no matter what language they speak.
Very sad to hear of her passing. Several years ago, through a friend in Germany,I was fortunate enough to receive a few autograpghed photos from her. I have liked this song since I first heard it in 1960. It is a beautiful song, and I think it has been loved and appreciated everywhere it was played.
@appletonpark Thanks for sharing this. Makes me realize I delayed too long in somehow contacting her, letting her know the special place this song has in my heart. Moved to the U..S., from Germany, at age 10, in 1957; at first it was
nice, then we moved to a very redneck area of the South & was constantly reminded of how different I was from others. Then heard this song one day on the radio & felt reconnected to my old homeland in ways I can't begin to describe & felt not so alone anymore!
@wally1435 You are quite welcome. It is interesting, we are the same age. Listening to this song again, just a few years ago, sparked my interest in learning to speak German. I made some progress, but living in a small town, with no one to speak German with, it was pretty difficult. But still I learned a little. The first words I learned were the translated words to this song. During the time I also discovered Lale Andersen, who had a beautiful voice, as in "Wo die Nordseewellen."
Heard this song for this first time a few days ago on Sirius Xm Cousin Brucie's show
good music has no boundries or borders and although I don't speak or understand the German language I sure do appreciate this womans beautiful voice and love this song. RIP Lolita
@fastdrive55 I have confirmed this also, but thank you for letting us know; it is greatly appreciated. She had a very full life and will be greatly missed by so many!
Nice music connects people, lands, folks - and the world from today needs it so much as never before! This song with which also I connect the nicest childhood recollections is imperishable - and with it I greet quite nicely from Germany! Alles Liebe aus Deutschland!
There was an Austrian showmaster who was looking forward to the twenty-fifth anniversary of his TV show in January 2006. A few weeks before that day, the Austrian television replaced him by another, hurting him bitterly and annoying the public. In his show next to the last, in November 2005, Lolita surprised the world with the announcement that she would retire from show business after this appearance. The great lady she always has been, she made a very gesture, expressing "let's go now".
this version (US) is the only one I have been able to find that has the E nglish translation in it. Do you know how I could get this original US. version. All Amazon has are the ones without the English.
Thanks agin Wally always a joy to help in my own small way t keep memories of songs like SAILOR alive. My pleasure. May you live 1000 years my friend. TomKes doo wop/rocknroll historian
hey wally its TOMKES thanks brother for the thank you.If you have any other grqt videos tributes to sngs like this classic, please e mail me , tell me, do what you must. Man you got a rqre gem here a song i know my own German people know from 1960. keep in touch. keep me posted. People 20 nothings from Yotube who harrassed me for a year i can do without. its a pleasure hearing from YOU. Keep me in mind. we need more like you. TOMKES rocknroll doo wop historian
What a fantastic voice. I had been searching for this song in the last 40 years and I finally found it now in You Tube. Thank you for posting this superb song by Lolita. Dr. Leow
Her song not only that, where are they; Carolina Melodie Das Einsame Haus in Waikiki Die sterne der prairie Die weite welt in weiter ferne El paso La luna Lieber johny, komm doch wieder Mein schiff heist heimweh Souvenir d'amor Wenn der sommer kommt Wenn der sudwind weht
i had to come back to hear this again. Getting it on cd is no easy task. I had the 45 in 1960. Wow where have the ywars gone. Great song ***** all the way. Hey waly my friend thanks for your support, drop me a line. These songs will endure well beyond ETERNITY. TomKes doo wop/rocknroll historian. who else but me.
My mother was from near the town that is now called Stargard Szcecinski, which is a few miles from the major city that was then called Stettin but today is called Szczecin. I was born & raised in and near Bavaria and never saw the sea while living in Germany, but now live right by the Pacific Ocean and see plenty of water...LOL
Wally1435 thank you for making this german girl very happy. My Oma sent this to my dad when I was little and I sung it like no tomorrow. It still makes me cry for some reason maybe because my German side of the family come from Hamburg and the sea is in our blood..Vielen Dank
This is a very beautiful song, I remember it from the 60's. Did not know this lady lives around Salzburg, I have a sister Maria who was born in Salzburg , very beautiful little city.
Well done Wally. I can assure you that Sailors throughout the world, regardless of country, have a special feeling for all other sailors. This is a great song and makes me proud to have served in the United States Navy.
Bueatiful, but truly a sad song, if your the one biting your time waiting it out/ It's alot different nowadays be you a farmer or a fisherman, I need not explain. Danke schoen.
I am Irish German in this country, 2nd generation, love her singing...I wish they would let Germans sing in America...the American Entertaiment Industry should let foreign entertainment here too...
No one prevents foreign singers from singing in the U.S. There usually aren't enough people in an area to support a concert by someone in a foreign language, so unless that singer also sings in English, they can't be expected to be a major draw here. In the past, they occasionally have had German folk-music specials/festivals in places like Wisconsin, where there are strong pockets of German speaking peoples.
Good point...foreign singers need to know this, its like the Irish dancers, and some others, all that money sometimes taxed, sometimes not, goes back to there country...like England, performers from foreign countries, will demand to be paid in Euro's which is about twice the amount of American Dollars,...let me know what you think about this picture...
thanks for posting it wally. when i was a little boy i would stay weekends with my grandad and grandma they had an old tube radiogram i think called a skyscraper and this song would always play on the sunday afternoon request show It brings back fabulous memories for me. God bless
This a tried and true song of the sea. Of course I am biased as I have been going to sea for 40 some years!!! Love it and am glad it was posted. I have the original 45rpm at home.
Thanks for posting this song. wow. It brings back so many memories. I was a junior in high school and had my first true love when this was popular. I have listened to oldie stations on the radio forever hoping to hear it for many many years and never hear it. I haven't heard it for 40 years but always remembered to phrase, sailor sailor your home is the sea. Tonight I thought I would try to google sailor sailor and there it was. Thanks again.
I simply copied and pasted the lyrics I found on the Internet - if you have a more correct version, then please submit a link where you can find the correct lyrics. It would be the courteous thing to do, rather than to simply say that there are some mistakes and assume that I would read and speak perfect German (which I don't - I know just the basic rudimentaries of it)Thank you.
thanks Wally . feel free to contact me with any song anytime. i respect someone who is civil decent and knows great music. as for these CREEPS who abuse YOUTUBE with their fILTH , the law will catch up to them soon enough if they overplay their hand. its sad i have to say this .its my last time unless they continue harrassing me. God Bless and long live LOLITA. My german people and i loved this song in 60 and i love it still in 2009. TOMK the doo wop rocknroll historian.
Wally thanks again. sadly im getting HATEFUL emails sent me posted from people who condemn my high praise of this & other sings. Im getting FILTHY LANGUAGE thrown at me, insulting because i say God Bless or Thank God. Im dealing with a few weirdos out there. i will pray for them. LOLITA remains a classic here and for always. its a haunting mrmory from 1960 forever eteched in my head. Thanks Wally. Take care . Your a kind gentle person. we need more like you. TOMK
Don't let it get to you; I've gotten my share of it (I have 600 songs up on You Tube). I find the "Block User" button very useful...lol and I also remove more comments than you can shake a stick at. Some people are just hateful and feel powerful when they think they are anomynous and can attack others at random - feel very sorry for them, I think they must be very powerless in real life and act tough on the message boards only.
Wally im new to YOUTUBE .Thanks for your e mail. I see youre saying thanks to others who comments. Do you have a connection with this great song SAILOR or are you just commenting like the rest of us die hard old time rocknroll fans and historians? I loved this song in 1960. Til YOUTUBE came along, i hadnt heard it since. its a SUPERB SONG for all ages to come. it will endure Wally1435 for all eternity. Im not exaggerating. God Bless you &all. TOMK a man who knows great music.
this rocknroll doo wop historian recalls this classic from 1960. im German and i love this song in English and German. im so happy to see it on youtube. it was a sng i hadnt heard since 1960 on my old 45. i miss it darly but i have it now here hopefully on cd as well. its a rare kind, haunting theme and its 1960 all over again.lolita thanks so much from many of us fans for this song. god bless you. TOMK
Yeah, my teacher swiping my record is funny now. At least I can listen to this as often as I like. Thanks for posting it. Sorry I took so long. I am technologically challenged.
This is a great song and a very nice presentation. I'd forgotten all about it until tonight when I was looking over the Top 100 list for 1960. This sure belongs on the list! Thanks for the upload.
John1948FourC 6 days ago
This song was on the Juke box at my Grandmothers bar "Terry's" @ the port of lake charles, those sailors played the hell out of it, Thanx for posting it!
ThePeterbiltrucker 4 weeks ago
@ThePeterbiltrucker You are welcome.
wally1435 6 days ago
Thank you for posting this sng. My grandmother was German and she owned this song on a 45rpm. I can't locate the record. What a great memory this provides me at Christmas. Jim
overlea70 1 month ago 2
@overlea70 You are welcome.
wally1435 1 month ago
fond memories from days gone by when ships where ships. sailors where happy and the world full of hope.
bluesands2000 1 month ago
Thanks a lot for posting this song :)
PositivFritid 2 months ago
@PositivFritid You are welcome.
wally1435 2 months ago
fell in love with song years ago in turkey takes me back to happy times
sorry to learn of her deaf
tweendog23 2 months ago in playlist tweendog23's favourites
I'm 27 and I first heard this song about 4 years ago on WQZS 93.3 out of Meyersdale, PA. For a long time I listened almost daily for them to play this song and a few others that no other stations ever play. It took me a few years before I actually found out who sang this song and what the name was. I get tired of most oldies stations playing the same songs over and over when there are so many other good songs like this that are never played.
86subarugl 2 months ago
heard this version on holiday in turkey loved it ever since
tweendog23 2 months ago
Beautiful music, reminds me of the song my dad would hum all the time, he was born in germany in 1907 came to America id 1927. I have traveled to Europe multiple times and always enjoy the visits to the homeland of my father, especially the music and food
1938Bossman 3 months ago
Takk. Svein Aage Johnsen, Norway. Thank yoy, Lolita.
gardvann 3 months ago
Wunderbar! A wonderful song and memory from my childhood. Thank you. Now...if you don't mind I will play it again!
HickysBoy 3 months ago
@HickysBoy You are welcome.
wally1435 3 months ago
My Daddy and I would always sing this song together (he was born in Germany) and he would always say it was a good lied! He's passed on now, but this song will always be very special to me!
rcernuch 3 months ago
@rcernuch Thanks for sharing your memories.
wally1435 3 months ago
@wally1435
Thank you Wally. This is a beautiful song and I was sad to hear that Lolita passed away.
rcernuch 3 months ago
@rcernuch You are welcome.
wally1435 3 months ago
Both my sets of grandparents were from Germany and used to listen to Lolita. I gained a greater appreciation of my German ancestry through her songs. Danke schoen fuer die schoene Lieder.'
jeff62rey 3 months ago
@jeff62rey You are welcome.
wally1435 3 months ago
For some reason I fell in love with this song when i was a boy of 13 in Detroit Michigan and bought it and played it for everyone for years. I still have it. She has a lovely voice! Thanks for sharing!!
BrianEnright 4 months ago
@BrianEnright You are welcome.
wally1435 3 months ago
For some reason I fell in love with this song when i was a bboy ob 13 in Detroit Michigan and bought it and played it for everyone for years. I still have it. She has a lovely voice! Thanks for sharing!!
BrianEnright 4 months ago
@BrianEnright You're welcome.
wally1435 3 months ago
Heavens to Murgatroid! THANKS so much for posting this utterly delightful & charming "blast from the past" for us to enjoy. I heard it played this morning on a local nostalgia radio station while driving around town. What a pretty tune...and Lolita had such a lovely voice. Since I don't speak German, I'm glad the song gives us some English lyrics too! You've MADE my day & my week...CHEERS, mate! :-)
JubalCalif 4 months ago
@JubalCalif You are welcome.
wally1435 3 months ago
This would play on the radio when I was very young .
theschizoid1 5 months ago 2
I remember when I first heard this song, I thought it was so beautiful. Through the years I haven't changed my mind, I still think it is as beautiful as when I first heard it. And when I heard of her passing, the Sun didn't seen to be quite as bright as it was. R.I.P. Beautiful Lady
khayneify 5 months ago
I was in first grade when this song was released. I always loved this song. There was a number of German and Italian songs released in the late '50s and early '60s and this was one of my favorites. She had such a pure, simple, beautiful voice.
margolou2010 5 months ago
I like this original version and sad to hear Lolita has died. I am more familiar with the Petula Clark reworded English version "Sailor" which became UK No 1 a little later in Feb 61 and she also reached No 2 in France with her French version "Marin" in June 61-both on YT
tim60s321 6 months ago
The news of her passing was much more painful than would have thought, probably because of my heratage, growing up with it was a constant reminder of the kin in the Braunfels area. When this song was a hit the relatives I grew up with saw it as an affirmation of the connection to relatives in Germany. Of course after the war we lost touch with all of them far as I know.
Very nice, long live this song, long live Lolita ...............rip,
Regards,
LLuE88 9 months ago
Such a beautiful song, in any language. It reaches deep inside and touches emotions like no other song I have ever heard. I can listen to it over and over, and it never grows old. I love it.
khayneify 9 months ago
I heard this recently and had to find it...I enjoy it as much in german as I do the english version....like all commenting I am saddened to hear of her passing and can only hope she didn't suffer but went peacefully
lawdog490 9 months ago
DANKE SCHON I HAVENT HEARD THIS SINCE I WAS A CHILD MANY THANKS LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
vonedel 10 months ago 2
@vonedel You're welcome.
wally1435 10 months ago
I am so saddened to hear of her passing. I remember when I first heard her hit song, Sailor-Sailor, to hear her singing it brightens my day... All our love for giving so much to the world, Edith..
mnmusicman99 10 months ago 9
i am sorry to hear she past away i just fond now the song and did no her nam was lolita but i like the song think's for youtub i fond it thank s for all of you.............
velovoyageur 11 months ago
Being a rock and blues fan --- I love it and own the old single
SteenNygaard 11 months ago 2
I am sorry to hear of Lolita's passing.I have always liked this song. I remember my Mom thought I was crazy for buying a 45 record IN GERMAN. I have been considering recording this song myself, but not sure it would sound quite the same sung by a guy.
terrisonb 1 year ago 5
@terrisonb Actually, there was a very popular version of this song by German male singer Freddy (Quinn). Do a You Tube search for "Freddy Quinn - Seemann, deine Heimat ist das Meer ".
wally1435 1 year ago
@wally1435 I am so sorry she died, this I think is the most beautiful song on earth, I am Brasilian and love this so much, and Lolita too, may she rest with all the angels.
varigdc10 11 months ago
brings back to many memories a great lady.
Captain Rod.
ausdiver2001 1 year ago
Sorry to learn she has passed away. One of my favorite records from my teen years.
Mstrblu 1 year ago 3
@Mstrblu You are welcome.
wally1435 1 year ago
I was 18 in Duluth MN. waiting to ship out on one of the ore freighters in 1968 when I first heard this song.I played this song every time we got back to port..It always reminds me of returning home from the Great Lakes & the great memories.Thank You for posting.
GUILTBOND 1 year ago
What a beautiful melody, wish I could remember where I first heard this, but was so happy to come accross this once again in my life. I love it
TheARosemary 1 year ago 2
Your welcom wally, i used to swing my Radio Compass to Nord Deutscher rundfunk
when we wer'nt at sea and soak up the music.
3funke 1 year ago
takes me back to my days as a radar/radio operator in the Air Sea Rescue on the
Island of Sylt in the early 60' s, beautiful song beautiful singer, glad i found it.
RIP Lolita
3funke 1 year ago 7
@3funke Thanks for sharing your memories; it is appreciated.
wally1435 1 year ago
@3funke i have this 45 it was my fathers i remember him singing it in german god i miss him so much
AntFuze 1 year ago
@3funke i have this 45 it was my fathers i remember him singing it in german god i miss him so much RIP Vince Martin
AntFuze 1 year ago
This was one of my grandmother's many German albums, I still play them on my stereo every so often. This is how I learn how to speak German when I was a kid.
BKPAGE 1 year ago 2
@BKPAGE Thanks for sharing your memories with us.
wally1435 1 year ago
My Grandmother loved this song because it was in German! She passed away in October 2005. She taught me the German alphabet when I was a kid. I forgot it but I remember the song! :)
starblue1986 1 year ago 5
@starblue1986 Thanks for sharing your memories with us.
wally1435 1 year ago
@wally1435 Thank,s for posting this is a Great Song Thank You.
goldwingman1500 1 year ago 2
@goldwingman1500 You are welcome.
wally1435 1 year ago
@wally1435 If you have a look at Petula Clark my Dad was serving on HMAS Melbourne .RIP DAD we came down to HMAS CERBERUS we found your tool,s still there .waiting for you ?
goldwingman1500 1 year ago
@wally1435 Hi wally1435 There are a lot of song,s sung in German do you have any other,s as the Brit,s r/e did them and lay claim to them Have a great day man .
goldwingman1500 1 year ago
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starblue1986 1 year ago
I just learned today that Petula Clark did an English version of this song in 1961. (It's on Youtube) She sang it beautifully, of course, but the English translation is so different from the original German lyrics. It actually left me feeling disappointed when I heard it. I'm 49. As for my own memories of this song, I recall my German-born father singing this with all his brothers and other relatives who were born in Germany. I first heard Lolita's version about 15 years ago on the radio.
FlyJupiter 1 year ago
Lolita.....I remember you from my childhood...RIP Lovely Lady
acoughlin328 1 year ago
Originale sind immernoch die Besten.
ThomasBS1 1 year ago
It is with great sadness that we have lost a great singer. I ordered a couple of her records and listen to them a lot. She, in my opinion, is as good as Nana. I remember listenging to this song when I was in my teens.
patfoxnwa1 1 year ago
It is with great sadness that we have lost a great singer. I ordered a couple of her records and listen to them a lot. She, in my opinion, is as good as Nana. I remember listinging to this sone when I was in my teens.
patfoxnwa1 1 year ago
I heard this many, many times on the radio late fall/early winter of 1960 as I was getting ready to board the bus to my school. I've always loved this song. What a great melody/words and singer. Thank You.
patentpumps 1 year ago
@patentpumps You are welcome.
wally1435 1 year ago
A sad loss!! Rest in peace forever baby.
Lightrider84 1 year ago
She passed away? I did not know that. I feel very sad about it. She could also be seen in German movies of the 50ies and 60ies.
I always loved this wonderful melody. It is so harmonic, so dreamy. It brought so much joy to the people after the cruel WW II. Her voice was unique.
SgtOBrien 1 year ago
Rest in peace, Lolita. God bless.
fastvega 1 year ago 3
So schön......
und es stimmt mich auch traurig....
Alles Gute Lolita!
TheMoabiter 1 year ago 2
sorry to her of her passing. she was a wonderful talent. I was a punk high school kid when this song came out way back when and we liked this song a a lot even tho it was so different from what w had on the AM radio. great song. my son lived in Germany for 7 years in the AIR Force and he translated all this to me one night as we drank beer on his patio in Ramstein area.
larrydh2 1 year ago 3
@larrydh2 Thanks for sharing those special memories. Her music will remain timeless and she's touched people all over the world with this song, no matter what language they speak.
wally1435 1 year ago
Very sad to hear of her passing. Several years ago, through a friend in Germany,I was fortunate enough to receive a few autograpghed photos from her. I have liked this song since I first heard it in 1960. It is a beautiful song, and I think it has been loved and appreciated everywhere it was played.
appletonpark 1 year ago 2
@appletonpark Thanks for sharing this. Makes me realize I delayed too long in somehow contacting her, letting her know the special place this song has in my heart. Moved to the U..S., from Germany, at age 10, in 1957; at first it was
nice, then we moved to a very redneck area of the South & was constantly reminded of how different I was from others. Then heard this song one day on the radio & felt reconnected to my old homeland in ways I can't begin to describe & felt not so alone anymore!
wally1435 1 year ago 2
@wally1435 You are quite welcome. It is interesting, we are the same age. Listening to this song again, just a few years ago, sparked my interest in learning to speak German. I made some progress, but living in a small town, with no one to speak German with, it was pretty difficult. But still I learned a little. The first words I learned were the translated words to this song. During the time I also discovered Lale Andersen, who had a beautiful voice, as in "Wo die Nordseewellen."
appletonpark 1 year ago
Heard this song for this first time a few days ago on Sirius Xm Cousin Brucie's show
good music has no boundries or borders and although I don't speak or understand the German language I sure do appreciate this womans beautiful voice and love this song. RIP Lolita
ElxTacoxKid 1 year ago
@ElxTacoxKid Glad you finally discovered this song.
wally1435 1 year ago
Danke Lolita!!!
TheMoabiter 1 year ago 3
The world had just lost one of the greatest female singers ever lived. Rest in peace Lolita, in the arm of the Lord!
Dr. Leow
University GT Popa of Medicine and Pharmacy at Iasi, Romania
DrLeow2010 1 year ago
Ich liebe das Lied! Lolita war eine richtige Dame. Möge sie ruhen in Frieden.
RlCARDA 1 year ago 2
sorry to hear about Lolita from Australia
billyboy19481 1 year ago 3
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♫ LOLITA ♥ DU BIST IN MEINEN GEDANKEN ♫
♫ MEINE MUTTI UND DU SIND JETZT IM HIMMEL ♫ DEIN Boris
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Bearle1001 1 year ago
Rest in peace, Lolita, and thank you for the music!!!!
TheStefanweber 1 year ago
R.I.P. Lolita and thank's
Michux69 1 year ago
R. I. P. Lolita!!!
musicfreak1967 1 year ago
We just heard Lolita has died at age of 79 a few days ago in Salzburg/Austria.
LutherJordan 1 year ago 2
@LutherJordan Yes, the word is finally getting out that she has passed away (on June 30th)
wally1435 1 year ago
Fine Song Lolita!
Thanks for Posting!
Aloha from Hawaii!
Rudipolt 1 year ago
RIP Lolita (1931 - 30. . 2010) Du wirst uns fehlen, we will miss you
JochenRindtFan 1 year ago
Lolita RIP - Du wirst uns sehr fehlen, we will miss you!
JochenRindtFan 1 year ago
R.I.P. Lolita She deceased June 30th 2010. Her real name is Ditta Zusa Einzinger.
fastdrive55 1 year ago
R.I.P - Lolita deceased June 30th, 2010
Her real name is Ditta Zusa Einzinger.
fastdrive55 1 year ago 3
@fastdrive55 I have confirmed this also, but thank you for letting us know; it is greatly appreciated. She had a very full life and will be greatly missed by so many!
wally1435 1 year ago
Great song
icemnests 1 year ago
Thanks for posting. Great song at the time, even though I didn't know german. Will learn the english version, so I can sing it everytime....!!
MaloPalo1 1 year ago
@MaloPalo1 You're welcome.
wally1435 1 year ago
Nice music connects people, lands, folks - and the world from today needs it so much as never before! This song with which also I connect the nicest childhood recollections is imperishable - and with it I greet quite nicely from Germany! Alles Liebe aus Deutschland!
musicfreak1967 1 year ago
@musicfreak1967 Greetings to you as well.....und Danke für die Kommentare. Ich weiß das wirklich zu schätzen.
wally1435 1 year ago
what a wonderful song. I was a 14 year old boy when this came out here in the USA and I loved it then and love it now. thanx for the post.
larrydh2 1 year ago 2
@larrydh2 You are welcome.
wally1435 1 year ago
i am new to you tube, can someone please tell me how to down load these old clips, i have down loaded the song but i would like the clip to it too
annabell2061 1 year ago
There was an Austrian showmaster who was looking forward to the twenty-fifth anniversary of his TV show in January 2006. A few weeks before that day, the Austrian television replaced him by another, hurting him bitterly and annoying the public. In his show next to the last, in November 2005, Lolita surprised the world with the announcement that she would retire from show business after this appearance. The great lady she always has been, she made a very gesture, expressing "let's go now".
ottosaxo 1 year ago
this version (US) is the only one I have been able to find that has the E nglish translation in it. Do you know how I could get this original US. version. All Amazon has are the ones without the English.
Thankyou.
kathleenfoster1948 1 year ago 2
@kathleenfoster1948 You're welcome - I responded to your private message to me re how to purchase this.
wally1435 1 year ago
@wally1435 can u please tell me how i can down load the clip to these old songs
annabell2061 1 year ago
@annabell2061 Go to the website for Real Player. Download the latest FREE version of the player & you are all set to download any clip from You Tube.
wally1435 1 year ago
@annabell2061
Install Real Player plug in to IE and wait for the "download this video" tab to pop up.
skycamaustralia 1 year ago
@wally1435 can u please tell me how to down load these old clips, i have down loaded the song but i would like the clip to it too
annabell2061 1 year ago
@kathleenfoster1948 @wally1435 can u please tell me how to down load these old clips, i have down loaded the song but i would like the clip to it too
annabell2061 1 year ago
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@kathleenfoster1948 @wally1435 can u please tell me how to down load these old clips, i have down loaded the song but i would like the clip to it too
annabell2061 1 year ago
@kathleenfoster1948
annabell2061 1 year ago
@NewYork10009 You're welcome.
wally1435 1 year ago
Thanks agin Wally always a joy to help in my own small way t keep memories of songs like SAILOR alive. My pleasure. May you live 1000 years my friend. TomKes doo wop/rocknroll historian
tomkes100 1 year ago
I JUST LOVE THIS VINTAGE CLASSIC> THanks. TOMKES
tomkes100 1 year ago 2
@tomkes100 You're welcome
wally1435 1 year ago
hey wally its TOMKES thanks brother for the thank you.If you have any other grqt videos tributes to sngs like this classic, please e mail me , tell me, do what you must. Man you got a rqre gem here a song i know my own German people know from 1960. keep in touch. keep me posted. People 20 nothings from Yotube who harrassed me for a year i can do without. its a pleasure hearing from YOU. Keep me in mind. we need more like you. TOMKES rocknroll doo wop historian
tomkes100 1 year ago
What a fantastic voice. I had been searching for this song in the last 40 years and I finally found it now in You Tube. Thank you for posting this superb song by Lolita. Dr. Leow
DrLeow2010 1 year ago 2
You are most welcome; thank you for your comments, they are appreciated.
wally1435 1 year ago
Castafiorre 1 year ago
i had to come back to hear this again. Getting it on cd is no easy task. I had the 45 in 1960. Wow where have the ywars gone. Great song ***** all the way. Hey waly my friend thanks for your support, drop me a line. These songs will endure well beyond ETERNITY. TomKes doo wop/rocknroll historian. who else but me.
tomkes100 1 year ago
Thanks for your comments; they are appreciated.
wally1435 1 year ago
Thank you so much for this. I have searched for this for many many years. It is wonderful to find it on youtube. Thanks so much.
baylee1991 1 year ago
You are welcome.
wally1435 1 year ago
My family came from Danzig, today it is called Gdansk...
gpgo 2 years ago 2
My mother was from near the town that is now called Stargard Szcecinski, which is a few miles from the major city that was then called Stettin but today is called Szczecin. I was born & raised in and near Bavaria and never saw the sea while living in Germany, but now live right by the Pacific Ocean and see plenty of water...LOL
wally1435 2 years ago
@gpgo My Oma was from Danzig also, by a little town called Putzig in West Prussia, Puck today in Polish. I got to see Danzig once, a beautiful City!
germanjaguar 2 years ago
Wally1435 thank you for making this german girl very happy. My Oma sent this to my dad when I was little and I sung it like no tomorrow. It still makes me cry for some reason maybe because my German side of the family come from Hamburg and the sea is in our blood..Vielen Dank
elvenwishes 2 years ago 2
You are very welcome. Thanks for sharing your memories with us.
wally1435 2 years ago
Brings back alot of great memories, wish I was visiting Germany again soon!
germanjaguar 2 years ago
Wally, are you the same Wally I think commented to about Al Martino a while ago, if so, beautiful, we have the same taste of music, more power !
varigdc10 2 years ago
Yes, I am the one. Thanks for commenting on this song, as well.
wally1435 2 years ago
This is a very beautiful song, I remember it from the 60's. Did not know this lady lives around Salzburg, I have a sister Maria who was born in Salzburg , very beautiful little city.
varigdc10 2 years ago
Well done Wally. I can assure you that Sailors throughout the world, regardless of country, have a special feeling for all other sailors. This is a great song and makes me proud to have served in the United States Navy.
Dudley1948 2 years ago 2
Thank you for your compliment and your comments in general.
wally1435 2 years ago
For you Elsa, where ever you are....
fzaiko 2 years ago
Bueatiful, but truly a sad song, if your the one biting your time waiting it out/ It's alot different nowadays be you a farmer or a fisherman, I need not explain. Danke schoen.
Ezdduf4kuZ 2 years ago 3
You are welcome; thanks for the comments.
wally1435 2 years ago
I am Irish German in this country, 2nd generation, love her singing...I wish they would let Germans sing in America...the American Entertaiment Industry should let foreign entertainment here too...
gpgo 2 years ago
No one prevents foreign singers from singing in the U.S. There usually aren't enough people in an area to support a concert by someone in a foreign language, so unless that singer also sings in English, they can't be expected to be a major draw here. In the past, they occasionally have had German folk-music specials/festivals in places like Wisconsin, where there are strong pockets of German speaking peoples.
wally1435 2 years ago
Good point...foreign singers need to know this, its like the Irish dancers, and some others, all that money sometimes taxed, sometimes not, goes back to there country...like England, performers from foreign countries, will demand to be paid in Euro's which is about twice the amount of American Dollars,...let me know what you think about this picture...
gpgo 2 years ago
Einfach nur gut. Sag ich als Seemann
Kaispeicher 2 years ago
Danke für die kommentar.
wally1435 2 years ago
ciska peters - zeeman is the dutch version
leftsidererremuu 2 years ago 2
Thank for that update.
wally1435 2 years ago
thanks for posting it wally. when i was a little boy i would stay weekends with my grandad and grandma they had an old tube radiogram i think called a skyscraper and this song would always play on the sunday afternoon request show It brings back fabulous memories for me. God bless
88federal88 2 years ago
You are very welcome; glad I could help jog some wonderful memories for you.
wally1435 2 years ago
This a tried and true song of the sea. Of course I am biased as I have been going to sea for 40 some years!!! Love it and am glad it was posted. I have the original 45rpm at home.
12345plg 2 years ago 6
Thanks for your comments; appreciated.
wally1435 2 years ago
@12345plg Thanks for your comments; they are appreciated.
wally1435 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this song. wow. It brings back so many memories. I was a junior in high school and had my first true love when this was popular. I have listened to oldie stations on the radio forever hoping to hear it for many many years and never hear it. I haven't heard it for 40 years but always remembered to phrase, sailor sailor your home is the sea. Tonight I thought I would try to google sailor sailor and there it was. Thanks again.
pvhokie 2 years ago 7
You are very welcome; thanks for commenting.
wally1435 2 years ago
@pvhokie You are welcome & thanks for your comments; they are appreciated.
wally1435 1 year ago
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y00sta 2 years ago
Great Song Wally but there a some mistakes in the lyrics of the song. Maybe you can correct them.
Hunter4376 2 years ago
I simply copied and pasted the lyrics I found on the Internet - if you have a more correct version, then please submit a link where you can find the correct lyrics. It would be the courteous thing to do, rather than to simply say that there are some mistakes and assume that I would read and speak perfect German (which I don't - I know just the basic rudimentaries of it)Thank you.
wally1435 2 years ago
So im german so I know whats wrong Here we go.
Lido=Rio, traumen= traeumen. Leibe=Liebe, Lieben=Leben, Sinsucht=Sehnsucht
Ein Lieben lauf =Ein Leben lang
Hunter4376 2 years ago 2
Thank you for your help. I should have been paying attention in the beginning, because even I knew it should have been "Rio" instead of "Lido".
wally1435 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this. When this song was popular I was working in boat yards and crewing on anything afloat that would give me a berth.
BrickPa 2 years ago
You're welcome; thanks for your comments.
wally1435 2 years ago
Thank you very much for posting this.
goodell70 2 years ago
You are very welcome.
wally1435 2 years ago
thanks Wally . feel free to contact me with any song anytime. i respect someone who is civil decent and knows great music. as for these CREEPS who abuse YOUTUBE with their fILTH , the law will catch up to them soon enough if they overplay their hand. its sad i have to say this .its my last time unless they continue harrassing me. God Bless and long live LOLITA. My german people and i loved this song in 60 and i love it still in 2009. TOMK the doo wop rocknroll historian.
tomkes100 2 years ago
Wally thanks again. sadly im getting HATEFUL emails sent me posted from people who condemn my high praise of this & other sings. Im getting FILTHY LANGUAGE thrown at me, insulting because i say God Bless or Thank God. Im dealing with a few weirdos out there. i will pray for them. LOLITA remains a classic here and for always. its a haunting mrmory from 1960 forever eteched in my head. Thanks Wally. Take care . Your a kind gentle person. we need more like you. TOMK
tomkes100 2 years ago
Don't let it get to you; I've gotten my share of it (I have 600 songs up on You Tube). I find the "Block User" button very useful...lol and I also remove more comments than you can shake a stick at. Some people are just hateful and feel powerful when they think they are anomynous and can attack others at random - feel very sorry for them, I think they must be very powerless in real life and act tough on the message boards only.
wally1435 2 years ago
Great to find this long lost song. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
johnkap99 2 years ago
Thanks for the nice comment.
wally1435 2 years ago
Wally im new to YOUTUBE .Thanks for your e mail. I see youre saying thanks to others who comments. Do you have a connection with this great song SAILOR or are you just commenting like the rest of us die hard old time rocknroll fans and historians? I loved this song in 1960. Til YOUTUBE came along, i hadnt heard it since. its a SUPERB SONG for all ages to come. it will endure Wally1435 for all eternity. Im not exaggerating. God Bless you &all. TOMK a man who knows great music.
tomkes100 2 years ago
When a person makes the time to post a thank you and/or comment, I appreciate their thoughtfulness and respond in kind to acknowledge their effort.
wally1435 2 years ago
this rocknroll doo wop historian recalls this classic from 1960. im German and i love this song in English and German. im so happy to see it on youtube. it was a sng i hadnt heard since 1960 on my old 45. i miss it darly but i have it now here hopefully on cd as well. its a rare kind, haunting theme and its 1960 all over again.lolita thanks so much from many of us fans for this song. god bless you. TOMK
tomkes100 2 years ago
You are welcome & thanks for the comments.
wally1435 2 years ago
seems I heard this in a war movie once,
always remembered it, had a hard time finding it.
thanks, 361Johnny.
361johnny 2 years ago
You're welcome.
wally1435 2 years ago
Yeah, my teacher swiping my record is funny now. At least I can listen to this as often as I like. Thanks for posting it. Sorry I took so long. I am technologically challenged.
Tierian 2 years ago
I like this song........all versions. Thanks for sharing.
nancyfloressantos 2 years ago
You are welcome.
wally1435 2 years ago