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.