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yub nub lyrics

posted 25 days ago by rateater (10238)
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yub nub
eee chop yub nub
ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene
g'noop dock fling oh ah
yah wah
eee chop yah wah
ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene
g'noop dock fling oh ah
coatee chah tu yub nub
coatee chah tu yahwah
coatee chah tu glowah
allay loo ta nuv
glowah
eee chop glowah
ya glowah pee chu nee foam
ah toot dee awe goon daa
coatee cha tu goo (Yub nub!)
coatee cha tu doo (Yahwah!)
coatee cha tu too (Ya chaa!)
allay loo ta nuv
allay loo ta nuv
allay loo ta nuv
glowah
eee chop glowah
ya glowah pee chu nee foam
ah toot dee awe goon daa
allay loo ta nuv

freedom
we got freedom
and now that we can be free
come on and celebrate
power
we got power
and now that we can be free
it's time to celebrate
celebrate the freedom
celebrate the power
celebrate the glory
celebrate the love
power
we got power
and now that we can be free
it's time to celebrate
celebrate the light (freedom!)
celebrate the night (power!)
celebrate the fight (glory!)
celebrate the love
celebrate the love
celebrate the love
glory
we found glory
the power showed us the light
and now we all live free
celebrate the love

[–] Ace_Spade (9657) 25 days ago

Where are you getting this? How official are these lyrics?

[–] rateater (10238) 25 days ago

http://whills.nu/6/yub-nub.html

[–] Ace_Spade (9657) 25 days ago

Huh. Been ages since I've seen a dot-nu address...

That source just had the lyrics written out, but it still didn't really credit anything or have any primary sources. I did a bit of digging and found the Wookiepeedia page. The Wookiepeedia article has this scanned page (https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Ewok_Celebration?file=Ewok_Celebration.png) of sheet music that has credits. English lyrics are Joseph Williams and "Ewokese" lyrics are Ben Burtt. The page does appear to come from some official Star Wars song book. It looks like beginner sheet music for a "learn to play!" book or something.

The article also linked me to an interview with Ben Burtt where he says he wrote the lyrics, so that lends some credibility to the whole thing. It's unclear if they figured out what the words actually meant while composing the song or if they just made a song that sounded neat and then later on grafted a translation into the whole thing.