#Does anyone here recognise this song and can interpret the lyrics?

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steel lantern
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3BNxLZW9m8 This was recorded off Radio DRS 3 (now called Radio SRF 3) in the late 80's / early 90's. I've been looking for this for ages and can't find anything so I'd really appreciate any help! I have heaps of trouble understanding this songe especially before and after "sind sie voll dabei", so if anyone could transcribe the lyrics I'd really really really appreciate it! 🙏

Every German I've asked so far can't really understand some parts of it either, and to me it is quite clear this song is Schweizerdeutsch or something

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Just in case anyone asks, this song does not show up on shazam

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https://youtu.be/bDOS5inxtHU Here is a link to a vocal isolation I've made if it helps. In one place the cassette skips too so don't worry if you don't get the "Stück von" part.

frosty prawn
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Everything else is unintelligible

steel lantern
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Thanks for your time! 🙏

steel lantern
broken bridge
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it is „normal german“ just very old, germans back than in the 80s and before spoke different in the pronounciation, but i could only give u pieces of the lyrics, maybe 50% of the lyrics

steel lantern
broken bridge
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I mean it was the time after WW2 and Germany changed a lot since then, also language wise, its crazy acctually 😄

vivid spear
# steel lantern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3BNxLZW9m8 This was recorded off Radio DRS 3 (n...

The German text doesn't have much of an accent, so to me it could have been from other German speaking regions as well. I took a look at the pinned comment.

For line two I'd tend to "Tanz" instead of "Tag" because it makes more sense in context.
For line 4, whatever they say sounds to me like it ends with the English "parade" or another word with a "erey"/"eray" sound in it. Maybe they're referencing the 1980s band "rain parade" or a group with a similar name?
For line 6, it sounds like they're starting with "stark" or some similar sounding word, but ultimately, I have no idea what this might mean in context, so I'll refrain from wildly guessing.
For line 7, I'm pretty sure it's "schnappt" and not "schnappen" (so imperative form, not indicative).

So in all, I'd read it as

Damenwahl!
Der letzte Tanz ist Damenwahl
Frauen haben die Qual der Wahl
Ist es das Stück [der ***]
sind sie voll dabei!
[???]
Frauen, schnappt nach Männern!
Wahnsinnsstimmung! (x2)
Damenwahl (x2)

"Die Qual der Wahl haben" is a German phrase, meaning you're in a position where you have to make a difficult decision between options where you don't really want to have to choose.

Translated it would mean something like:

Ladies' choice!
The last dance is Ladies' choice!
Women/Ladies have the pain to choose!
If it's the [music] piece by [...]
they're really into it!
[???]
Women, snatch at men!
Crazy [good] mood! (x2)
Ladies' choice! (x2)

steel lantern
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That's true, I'm a New Zealander moving to Germany in a month so this is all rather new to me :D

vivid spear
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Something vibrating in mouth could maybe refer to kissing?

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But without the rest of the phrase, I'd not be too sure about it.

broken bridge
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yeah no chance sadly

steel lantern
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I really can't thank you all enough prayge

vivid spear
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By the way, in case you don't know the term "Damenwahl" (which I translated as "Ladies' choice"):
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damenwahl
It's a dance where women pick their dancing partner instead of the other way round.

The Wikipedia article translates roughly to (since no translation is provided):
"Damenwahl is a term for the inversion of the usual order of request with paired dance. Not the man addresses the woman, but the woman addresses the man. The Damenwahl often marks as a breach of etiquette the culmination of a ball.

In social biology the term is used to point to the fact that in nature almost always the females are the ones that play the decisive role of choosing the partner (intersexual selection)."

Mit Damenwahl wird eine Umkehrung der gewöhnlichen Aufforderungs-Reihenfolge beim Paartanz bezeichnet, nicht der Herr spricht die Dame an, sondern die Dame den Herrn. Die Damenwahl markiert als Durchbrechen der Etikette häufig den Höhepunkt eines Balls.
In der Soziobiologie wird mit dem Begriff Damenwahl darauf hingewiesen, dass es in der Natur ...