Booryak

Слова: Ron Cahute & Ihor Baczynskyj

Мелодія: "Billy come back" - Ron Cahute

Carrots, peas, and brussels sprouts

And cauliflower too

I love all my vegetables

'Cause they're good for you

But my very favourite one

The best one, so it's said

The one that when you peel it

It makes your hands turn red

Приспів:

Ba boom ba boom ba boom ba boom

Бур-як бур-як буряк

Бур-як, oh I love my бур-як

Бур-як бур-як буряк

Бур-як, oh I love my бур-як

I love my буряк

It's red and really sweet

And they make real sugar

From this bright red beet

You can also eat the stems

And the green leaves too

'Cause all these parts go into borscht

Especially for you

Приспів.

Once I had a буряк

And I gave it to a friend

He said that he would give it back

It was only for a lend

He said a little later that

It helped his horse to grow

Why he gave his horse my буряк

Is something I don't know

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Now I sit here hungry

Голодний, so they say

I can't make my borscht for supper

'Cause my буряк's gone away

That horse, той кінь, he ate my beet

Guess he was hungry too

So I'll just go and buy some more

That's what I'm gonna do

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Мелодія[ ]

Same melody as Billy come back, Ron doesn't remember which came first. - Phone interview with Ron Cahute conducted by Danylo Centore 21 August, 2020

Update: In "A Celebration of Ron Cahute" (2023), Ihor says that the "І тут буде город" album came before the Barabolya albums.