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| {{Offensive|It's great to be prideful of being Ukrainian, but some of these verses take it a bit too far by putting down other cultures.}}
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| Слова і музика: Bob King | | Слова і Музика: Shoom |
| </credits> | | </credits> |
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| It's alright to be a Spaniard, | | It's alright to be a Spaniard, |
| Italian, or a Jew. | | An Italian, or a Jew. |
| But it's more fun to be Ukrainian, | | But it's so fun to be Ukrainian, |
| ::I'm Ukrainian, how about you? (2)
| | I'm Ukrainian, how 'bout you? |
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| !Приспів: | | !Приспів: |
| Як ся маєш? | | Як ся маєш? |
| Дуже добре! | | Дуже добре! |
| Раз, два, три!
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| It's great to eat голубці, | | It's great to eat пироги, |
| And kubasa I love! | | And голобці I love! |
| They always eat perogies,
| | Angels eat kubasa, |
| When it's meal time at baba's! | | When it's meal time up above! |
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| It's not that I don't like a-pizza, | | It's not that I don't like apizza, |
| Bagels or chow mein,
| | A bagel or chow mein, |
| But since a кішка seduced my taste buds, | | But since a кішка seduced my taste buds, |
| ::All other food goes right down the drain! (2)
| | All the other food goes right down the drain! |
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| !Приспів. | | !Приспів |
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| It's fun to be Ukrainian. | | It's fun to be Ukrainian. |
| It's nice to be a Uke!
| | Gosh, it's nice to be a Uke! |
| Now I'm not really Ukrainian,
| | But Terry, our drummer, he's not really Ukrainian, |
| But don't think that I'm a kook. | | But don't think that he's a kook. |
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| You see my father, he came from Scotland,
| | See his father, he came from Scotland, |
| And my mother's from Siam,
| | His mother's from Sienne, |
| But it's more fun to be Ukrainian, | | But it's so fun to be Ukrainian, |
| ::So Ukrainian is what I am! (2)
| | He says Ukrainian is what I am! |
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| !Приспів. | | !Приспів |
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| Now, if you're sad and lonely, | | Now if you're sad and lonely, |
| And you don't know what to do,
| | You don't know what to do, |
| Just listen very closely,
| | You feel that life's just not worth living, |
| I've got a tip for you:
| | Well here's a tip for you: |
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| Just change your name to Kowalczuk, | | Just change your name to Kowalczuk, |
| Add garlic to your meals,
| | Have garlic with your meal, |
| And tell everyone you're Ukrainian, | | And tell everyone you're Ukrainian, |
| ::And see how much better you feel! (2)
| | And see how much a-better you feel! |
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| !Приспів. | | !Приспів |
| </spiv> | | </spiv> |
| == Словник ==
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| * kubasy - ковбаси / kielbasy
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| == Варіянт ==
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| * Well, consider it a fluke!
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| * Consider it a fluke!
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| * I'm Ukrainian, how about you?
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| * And I'm Ukrainian, how about you?
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| * They always eat perogies,
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| * The angels eat пироги
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| * When it's meal time at baba's!
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| * When it's meal time up above!
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| * It's not that I don't like a-pizza,<br/>Bagels or chow mein,
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| * It's not that I don't like couscous,<br/>Or pizza or chow mein,
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| * All other food goes right down the drain!
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| * All the other food goes right down the drain!
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| * But don't think that I'm a kook.
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| * But don't think I'm a kook.
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| * And my mother's from Siam,
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| * My mother's from Siam,
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| * So Ukrainian is what I am!
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| * And so Ukrainian is what I am!
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| * Add garlic to your meals,
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| * Add garlic with your meals,
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| TODO: Incorporate these above:
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| It's great to eat perogies,
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| And голобці I love!
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| The angels eat kubasy,
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| When it's meal time up above!
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| You feel life's not worth living,
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| Just listen very closely,
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| Well here's a tip for you:
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| I've got a tip for you:
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| Have garlic with your meals,
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| Add garlic to your meals,
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| </spiv>
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| == Історія ==
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| Authorship info from email conversation between Dave Roman and Danylo Centore (May 5, 2021). According to Dave, this was originally released on a 1977 album, and Dave made the DD5 arrangement in 1979.
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| In the Bob King version these spoken lines can be heard:
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| <blockquote>
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| Everybody polka
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| </blockquote>
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| == Виконання == | | == Виконання == |
| * [http://www.files.classicalgasemissions.com/audio/bobkingukrainian.mp3 Bob King - What Can You Sing?]
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| * [https://youtu.be/q8acS1C7pdw The D-Drifters-5 - Life's a Dance]
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| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wfe_i57_l0 The D-Drifters-5 - UNKNOWN 45rpm RECORD]
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| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcsw8E6OHPI Sloohai (live)]
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| * [https://open.spotify.com/track/4ltsLSzqd8PUEzNcrrPpOQ?si=mSIF0mnvTka2Bln1BaBZZQ Sloohai (Spotify)]
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| * [https://theukrainianoldtimers.bandcamp.com/album/its-fun-2-bee-ukrainian The Ukrainian Oldtimers]
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| * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPWeONuPPs Shoom] | | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPWeONuPPs Shoom] |
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| [[Category:Needs_chords]]
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| [[Category:Діяспора]]
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| [[Category:Пісні]]
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