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The Shameful Girl (My Daughter, My Dear Daughter)
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– My daughter, my dear daughter, ; Katalina Fodor, ; What a thing it is, ; Your skirt is too short in front, ; It gets longer in the back. ; ; – My mother, my dear mother, ; Mrs. Péterné Sár-Fodor, ; The tailor is not a good tailor, ; The seamstress is not a good seamstress. ; ; ...
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The Shameful Girl (My Daughter, My Sweet Daughter)
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My daughter, my dear daughter, ; Katalina Fodor, ; What will the ; Kerëkallyú skirt be? ; ; Short in front, ; Long in back, ; Short in front, ; Long in back. ; ; – My mother, my dear mother, ; Mrs. Péterné Sár-Fodor, ; The tailor cut it like this ; The seamstress sewed it like th...
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The Shameful Girl (To a Poor Woman)
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A poor woman, ; Had twelve daughters, ; The thirteenth, ; Thinking Idolka. ; ; – My idol, my idol, ; What is the reason for that? ; Your green silk skirt, ; The back is longer. ; ; – The tailor didn’t cut it well, ; The tailor didn’t sew it well, ; May God strike me, ; Who spoile...
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The Shameful Girl (To a Poor Woman)
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A poor woman, ; Had twelve daughters, ; The twelfth, ; Was Idor of Göndörvár. ; ; – My Idor, my Idor, ; What's wrong with you? ; Your silk skirt is green, ; The front is shorter. ; ; – The tailor didn't cut it well, ; Varó didn't sew it well, ; May God strike him down, ; Who ruin...
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The Outlaw's Travel Letter (Should I Run or Stop?) (I Fell Asleep on the Banks of the Tisza River)
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I fell asleep on the banks of the Tisza, ; Alas, but I had a sad dream, ; I dreamed that dream, ; That my father no longer loved me. ; ; When I woke up, ; Nine gendarmes stood over me. ; They ask me what my name is, ; Where is my travel document. ; ; Stop, gendarme, I will show y...
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The Shameful Girl (Idorkám Idorkám)
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– My dear, my dear, ; What could it be? ; Your round-bottomed skirt, ; Is it shorter in front? ; ; Is it shorter in front, ; Is it longer in back, ; Is it shorter in front, ; Is it longer in back. ; ; – The tailor didn’t cut it well, ; The tailor didn’t sew it well, ; The scissor...
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The Shameful Girl (I Went Up the Mountain)
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I went up the mountain, ; I looked down into the valley, ; There I saw my mother, ; In pure black. ; ; I did not dare to call, ; To grieve her heart, ; Where is the beautiful girl, ; Where is the beautiful Erzsi? ; ; – My son has gone, gone ; Out to the pearly stream, ; To wash h...
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The Shameful Girl (Good evening, good evening)
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– Good evening, good evening, ; But not to everyone, ; Only to that one, ; My dear lover. ; ; – Good evening, brown girl, ; What's the matter with you? ; The front of your apron, ; So shortened? ; ; – Here is a liter of wine, ; Drink from it, ; Comfort your sad heart, ; With it. ...
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The Test of Love (I Served There)
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I served there, ; I was a servant. ; The great shaman snake crawled into my bosom. ; My heart is oppressed, *) ; The belt of my red blood. ; ; – Take it out, mother, take it out, ; The great shaman snake, ; My heart is oppressed, ; The belt of my red blood. ; ; – I certainly won’...
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The Test of Love (I Served There)
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I served there, ; I was a servant. ; The great shaman snake crawled into my bosom. ; ; – Take it out, my father, take it out, ; The great shaman snake. ; My heart is troubled, ; The belt of my red blood. ; ; – I will certainly not take it out, ; Because I am afraid of it. ; Tell ...
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