Gogol Bordello

Occurrence on the Border (Hopping on a Pogo-Gypsy Stick)

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Welcome to the Hutzovina border
Come see what we got
Kontrabanda prana-donors ai
Never mind now securitate it's a tihiy chas
Latche romenitza bravinta pjas!
Now over the bridges and over the fence
Over the skyline and over power plants
Hopping like a monkey on a holy toothpick
Is a rabbit on a pogo-gypsy stick
Give me no pain, no great suffer
No bored striptease with dead snake
Give me skin that is dressed lively
Give it to me for kurav sake!

Hey chavorale da gren ame tradasa
Ame pro targo viparuvasa
Ai da na targostir or love las
Lache romenitza bravinta pjas!

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ed Jones On Apr 20, 2007

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2007-04-20 01:12:17

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by theclashrocker

19y ago

This song always gets in my head.

That damn BOOLAH BOOLAH meloventi.

I know that's spelt wrong, but I don't know that language...sounds like Italian to me...

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by stephasaurus

19y ago

i'm pretty sure it's romani...

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by stephasaurus

19y ago

or ukrainian...

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by Bovine Public

18y ago

or russian.

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by gypsybaxt

18y ago

... ukrainian and russian are the same language they just have different spellings

and romani is an imposiblilly hard language to learn assuming it is gypsy-romani

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