The reported lyrics to Hunyak's part of CELLBLOCK TANGO seem to have been, perhaps purposefully, changed. When you listen to her speaking, you can clearly hear her say "Novy Yorku, New Amsterdam" but that is NOT shown in any of the lyrics on the web that I can find.
The published lyrics all show the words "Uncle Sam". However, I don't recall her EVER saying that during the number and I listen to it everyday.


It seems that all the purported lyrics are identical and were probably copied from the same source.

Anyway, the lyrics given for Hunyak seem to have been modified for publication.

Well, I'm a 70 year old of Polish descent and speech (familiar with many accents) and I didn't hear it in the movie version. If it were a true Slavic speech and not a created one, she would have said "Uncle Sam" and not "Uncle Samu". When using words from another language, people don't change the words. That would defeat the purpose.

What about "...Novy York, New Amsterdam..." It's not in any of the translations.