Bob Stanley and Stanislaw Mroczek (the leader of a big band that played polkas) were the same person. Many years later, Royale would reissue some of the polka band material under Bob Stanley's name. The usual procedure in 1940s America would have been for Stanislaw Mroczek to take Bob Stanley as his stage name. Yet it occurs to us that Bob Stanley is a suboptimal name for a polka artist, and we don't presently know what name was on the leader's birth certificate. However he was identified, Mroczek/Stanley did enough recording for Sonora to make him the de facto house bandleader.



There's going to be a Hallelujah Day
When the boys have all come home to stay
And a million bands begin to play
We'll be dancing "The Vict'ry Polka"

And when we've lit the torch of liberty
In each blacked out land across the sea
When a man can proudly say 'I'm free
We'll be dancing "The Vict'ry Polka"

And we will give a mighty cheer
When the ration book is just a souvenir
And we'll heave a mighty sigh
When each gal can kiss the boy she kissed good-bye

And they'll come marching down Fifth Avenue
The United Nations in review
When this lovely dream has all come true
We'll be dancing "The Vict'ry Polka"

Dance, dance, dance "The Vict'ry Polka"
Join, join the merry throng
Sing, sing, sing "The Vict'ry Polka"
Raise your voices loud and strong

There's going to be a great Hallelujah Day
When the boys have all come home to stay
And a million bands begin to play
We'll be dancing "The Vict'ry Polka"

And when we've lit the torch of liberty
In each blacked out land across the sea
When a man can proudly say 'I'm free
We'll be dancing "The Vict'ry Polka"

Chorus:
And we will give a mi-mi-mighty cheer
When the ration book is just a souvenir
And we'll heave a mi-mi-mighty sigh
When each gal can kiss the boy she kissed good-bye

And they'll come marching down Fifth Avenue
The United Nations in review
When this lovely dream has all come true
We'll be dancing "The Vict'ry Polka"
We'll be dancing "The Vict'ry Polka"