Da Yoopers - Johnny Peckanen lyrics

his name is johnny peckanen he was hatched up in ahmeek worked the white pine copper mine seven days a week when copper took a nose dive he got his walking papers had to sell the family farm just to try to make er chorus: he's yoopanese, yoopanese, a very special breed dago, fin, cousin jack, german, french and swede he grew up with the maki boys in bumble town location he dug the ore and cut the trees that built this mighty nation he moved down to milwaukee, no call backs from the mine they were hiring at this factory so he went and stood in line the boss said, hay, we're you from? johnny said, yooperland usa" the boss said, go get your bucket yooper!" "you start to work today! "i've always hired yoopers," "we get along so well" "they're honest and dependable," "and always work like hell" "they know the value of a dime," "and don't expect nothing free" "you know any other yoopers," "tell em they can work for me!" chorus: we're yoopanese, yoopanese, a very special breed dago, fin, cousin jack, german, french and swede we grew up with the maki boys in bumble town location we dug the ore and cut the trees that built this mighty nation he started up a family, moved back to yooperland got a job at houghton tech sweeping up the sand he said, living in the ole up" "is the life for me chorus: i'm yoopanese, yoopanese, don't put a stamp on me irish, j**ish, indian, we're all the same you see we have twelfth grade education's and bachelors degrees rich and poor, middle cla**, we're all yoopanese