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The speaker is dead (A young man was killed)

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They killed a young man, ; For sixty forints, ; They threw him into the Tisza ; For a red-haired horse. ; ; Tisza did not take him in, ; He put him on the bank. ; A young fisherman went there, ; He put him in his net. ; ; His mother went there, ; Kelti, but he did not hear: ; – G... Read More

The speaker is dead (The bells are ringing at noon)

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The bells are ringing at noon, ; Half past eleven, ; The executioner says: Imre Bogár ; Stand up on the chair! ; ; He stood up on the chair, ; He looks up at the sky. ; – Oh, my God, but so much robbery, ; Now I remember. ; ; – I killed a hussar, ; For a beautiful gray horse, ; I... Read More

The Owl Lady (Puszta Malomba)

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To a desolate mill, ; To a desolate mill, ; A barn beam, ; A barn beam. ; ; You are sitting there, ; You are sitting there, ; An owl woman, ; An owl woman. ; ; Why are you crying, why are you grieving, ; Why are you crying, why are you grieving, ; You owl woman, ; You owl woman? ... Read More

The Owl Lady (Puszta Malomba)

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To a desolate mill, ; To a desolate mill, ; Barn wood beam, ; Barn wood beam. ; ; There you sit, ; There you sit, ; An owl woman, ; An owl woman. ; ; What are you crying, what are you grieving, ; What are you crying, what are you grieving, ; You owl woman, ; You owl woman? ; ; Oh... Read More

The Owl Lady (Puszta Malomba)

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To a desolate mill, ; A barnyard beam, ; There sits a woman, ; An owl woman, ; An owl woman. ; ; Why are you crying, you woman? ; You owl woman. ; Oh, how I would cry, ; I have come home, ; My hoop-bunch. Read More

The Owl Lady (Puszta Malomba)

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To a desolate mill, ; To a desolate mill, ; A barn beam, ; A barn beam. ; ; Come here, ; Come here, ; A stork woman, ; A stork woman. ; ; Why are you sad, you grieve, ; Why are you sad, you grieve, ; You stork woman, ; You stork woman? ; ; How are you sad, ; How are you sad, ; I ... Read More

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, I had a sad dream. ; I dreamed that dream, ; My baby, I will not be yours. ; ; Alas, my God, what should I do, ; Should I run or should I stay? ; If I run, they will chase me, ; If I stay, they will tie me up. ; ; Alas, my God, my ... Read More

The Owl Lady (Puszta Malomba)

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To a desolate mill, ; To a desolate mill, ; A barn beam, ; A barn beam. ; ; There sits a woman, ; There sits a woman, ; A sly woman, ; A sly woman. ; ; – Why are you crying, woman, ; Why are you crying, woman, ; A sly woman, ; A sly woman. ; ; – Oh, how I would cry, ; Oh, how I w... Read More

Little soldier (There is a little house on the banks of the Danube)

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There is a little house on the bank of the Danube, ; There is a little bed in it. ; There is a rocking cradle in it, ; There is a little ring in it. ; ; He just rocks it with his feet, ; He just explains it with his tongue. ; – Girls, girls, I will give you an example, ; Don't go... Read More

This forest is thick with rosemary

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Dense rosemary, ; This forest, this forest, ; Tell me, little angel, tell me, little angel, ; Whom do you love, who do you love. ; ; No one else, ; Only you, only you. ; Your two red cheeks, your two red cheeks, ; Your two black eyes. ; ; There goes a woman, ; In a cloak, in a cl... Read More