Comments on: Super Skier: Skiing Songs of the Sixties

By: Tom Grantham

Tom Grantham — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 23:37:48 +0000

Does anyone know who this song about skiing.
It goes like this.
Give me time to clear my mind,
show me mountains and clear blue skies,
Ride me down the slopes of clear white snow.

we have a gift of winter days, a gift that keeps me loving you.
Take me home to the fire ‘s glow…etc.

By: Gary Henderson

Gary Henderson — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 04:51:33 +0000

Does anybody have the lyrics to “Ski Ride Polka”?
I’ve ‘cracked’ the tune and can supply a lead-sheet…

By: Dave Irons

Dave Irons — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:13:02 +0000

Thanks Roger. I remember playing Lizzie Borden but forgot that it was the flip side of Super Skier. Both were comic relief from some of the one hit wonders of the day.

By: Michael Maginn

Michael Maginn — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:43:41 +0000

In reply to Alison. OMG, Alison, we just found Schifoan on Youtube.com. We're going to include it in next week's "augmented" ski songs article! Thanks so much.

By: Michael Maginn

Michael Maginn — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:41:04 +0000

In reply to Dave Irons. Thanks, Dave: We had a reader submit Skier's Dream and Let's Go Skiing, digital version which we will be publishing next week. You are right about memories...

By: Roger Monty

Roger Monty — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:36:15 +0000

As I recall, the fip side of “Super Skier” (which was, most probably, the “hit” side) was – “Lizzie Borden”, as in, “Elizabeth Borden took an ax, and gave her father forty whacks… [etc.]”. I probably still have that… somewhere. Great stuff, indeed!

By: Dave Irons

Dave Irons — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:08:30 +0000

This reminded me of my DJ days in a small Maine town not far from Sunday River 1959-62 when I was able to play Super Skier on the air. It was the only ski song in our collection although there must have been a flip side which I don’t remember. I certainly remember skiing with Bert Fischer and hearing him sing Let’s go Skiing which he would perform anytime he could get the stage and the mic during apres ski. Thanks for some great memories

By: Dennis Grunbeck

Dennis Grunbeck — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:34:49 +0000

Yes, thanks Boyd and Michael!

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:28:36 +0000

This is a great article. I always wondered if there were ski songs.

Schifoan by Wolfgang Ambros is my favorite.

Sure, it’s in an Austrian dialect, and I don’t even speak German, but it’s a catchy tune. Anyone can sing the refrain and make new friends in the gondola going up the mountain.

By: Michael Maginn

Michael Maginn — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:33:40 +0000

In reply to Boyd Allen.

Yes, we want. Send files to mike@seniorsskiing.com and I will post them as an addendum to the article. Thanks Boyd!!