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Ube Song by Little Miss Ann

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Ube Song — by Little Miss Ann, with special guests Suzi Shelton and Jeff Kerestes

Fill your ears with this earworm!

LYRICS:

What do you call a purple yam, a purple yam?

Ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ooo

 

What do you call a purple yam, a purple yam?

Ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ooo

 

La-la, la-la, la-la, la-a-a-la

La-la, la-la, la-la, la-a-a-la

 

Mary had a little lamb, a little lamb,

Ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ooo

 

Oh, that lamb liked the purple yam, the purple yam

Ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ooo

 

La-la, la-la, la-la, la-a-a-la

La-la, la-la, la-la, la-a-a-la

 

Do you like green eggs and ham? No!

Ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ooo

 

Or do you like some purple yam, some purple yam? Yeah!

Ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ube, ooo

 

La-la, la-la, la-la, la-a-a-la

La-la, la-la, la-la, la-a-a-la

Origins:

Original lyrics and tune by Little Miss Ann.

Note:

Ann Torralba, aka Little Miss Ann, is an award-winning Chicago kids’ musician, a former Chicago Public School teacher, an instructor at Chicago’s iconic Old Town School of Folk Music, a mom, a social rights activist, a governor for the Chicago Recording Academy Chapter as well as DEI Ambassador, and a first generation Filipina American.

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