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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: Bob King
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Bagels or chow mein,
Bagels 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! (2)


!Приспів.
!Приспів


It's fun to be Ukrainian.
It's fun to be Ukrainian.
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::So Ukrainian is what I am! (2)
::So Ukrainian is what I am! (2)


!Приспів.
!Приспів


Now, if you're sad and lonely,
Now, if you're sad and lonely,
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::And see how much better you feel! (2)
::And see how much better you feel! (2)


!Приспів.
!Приспів
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== Словник ==
== Словник ==
* kubasy - ковбаси / kielbasy  
* kubasy - ковбаси / kielbasy  
== Варіянт ==
== Варіянт ==
* Well, consider it a fluke!
* Consider it a fluke!
* I'm Ukrainian, how about you?
* And I'm Ukrainian, how about you?
* They always eat perogies,
* The angels eat пироги
* When it's meal time at baba's!
* When it's meal time up above!
* It's not that I don't like a-pizza,<br/>Bagels or chow mein,
* It's not that I don't like couscous,<br/>Or pizza or chow mein,
* All other food goes right down the drain!
* All the other food goes right down the drain!
* But don't think that I'm a kook.
* But don't think I'm a kook.
* And my mother's from Siam,
* My mother's from Siam,
* So Ukrainian is what I am!
* And so Ukrainian is what I am!
* Add garlic to your meals,
* Add garlic with your meals,
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It's great to eat perogies,
It's great to eat perogies,
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== Історія ==
== Історія ==
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.
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.
In the Bob King version these spoken lines can be heard:
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Everybody polka
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== Виконання ==
== Виконання ==
* [http://www.files.classicalgasemissions.com/audio/bobkingukrainian.mp3 Bob King - What Can You Sing?]
* Bob King - What Can You Sing?
* [https://youtu.be/q8acS1C7pdw The D-Drifters-5 - Life's a Dance]
* [https://youtu.be/q8acS1C7pdw The D-Drifters-5 - Life's a Dance]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wfe_i57_l0 The D-Drifters-5 - UNKNOWN 45rpm RECORD]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wfe_i57_l0 The D-Drifters-5 - UNKNOWN 45rpm RECORD]
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* [https://theukrainianoldtimers.bandcamp.com/album/its-fun-2-bee-ukrainian The Ukrainian Oldtimers]
* [https://theukrainianoldtimers.bandcamp.com/album/its-fun-2-bee-ukrainian The Ukrainian Oldtimers]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPWeONuPPs Shoom]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPWeONuPPs Shoom]
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