Ich kauf' mir lieber einen Tirolerhut

Ich kauf' mir lieber einen Tirolerhut is a 1962 schlager song, which became successful both as an original recording, as well as a cover-version in other languages.

The original version, Ich kauf’ mir lieber einen Tirolerhut, was recorded by Trinidad & Tobago-West German jazz musician Billy Mo.

In 1965, the schlager film Ich kauf' mir lieber einen Tirolerhut was released, which featured the song, and Billy Mo's appearance as an actor.

The song was also recorded by Billy Mo himself in English as I'd Rather Buy Myself a Tyrolian Hat and in Dutch as Tiroler Hoed.

In addition to other cover versions in German, the song was also recorded in Danish, by Jørgen Winckler (1963) and Ole Søltoft (1969), in Norwegian by Arne Bendiksen (1963) and Anita Hegerland (1969), and in Swedish by Östen Warnerbring (1969), as Du borde köpa dig en tyrolerhatt,[1] with lyrics by Stikkan Anderson.