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The sun is shining on the Sèlle line

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1. The sun is shining on the Selle enlistment office, ; The gentlemen have already come to visit. ; Open your window, my rose (but), embrace me with both arms, ; So that the chief physician cannot visit me. ; ; 2. If I enter the enlistment office, ; I will step on the scale with ... Read More Arrow
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Three pots of geraniums in my window

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1. Three pots of geraniums in my window, ; That's where the thrush usually lands. ; Do you hear, my friend, what the thrush is whistling, tühaj, ; The judge has enlisted him as a soldier. ; ; 2. A black carriage comes from Galánta, ; The assistant judge sits in it. ; He brings th... Read More Arrow
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The Simonyics on the mountain

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Simonyics has gone to the mountain, ; He is not yet afraid of the Hungarians. ; Then the hussars stand before him, ; The whip-wielding outlaws of the Great Plain. Read More Arrow
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To the Great Plain Hussars

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But for the hussars of the Great Plains, their lives are pearls; Their weapons glitter and twinkle on their sides. Hey, life, outlaw life, it can't be more beautiful than this; I became a Hungarian hussar because it belongs to me. Read More Arrow
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Because I am a hussar

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Because I am a hussar, ; my treasure, my rose, my dove. ; I will be abjured in October, ; my treasure, my rose, my dove. ; My brass-spurred boots; I will gallop like a hussar, ; But I have hugged you many times, ; I will never forget you. Read More Arrow
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The village is fenced in.

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1. The village is fenced in, ; Yet they take me out of it. ; I leave such a beautiful little girl in it, ; My heart aches for her to death. ; ; 2. Girls, girls of the Lower Silesia, ; Pick many beautiful flowers. ; Cook them for your breasts, ; Come with us to the battlefield. ; ... Read More Arrow
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A yellow carriage goes to Galanta

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1. A yellow carriage goes to Galanta, ; Inside sits the assistant judge. ; He brings the recruits' letter, ; It saddens the hearts of many girls. ; ; 2. They all say that I don't keep a lover, ; I keep a lover, two on each finger. ; I keep a lover, but I don't keep a recruit, ; B... Read More Arrow
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The clock struck ten in Galanta

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1. The clock has struck ten in Galanta, ; The buck stands there under the scale. ; They measure my tall body, ; Hey, you boy, turn forward one. ; ; 2. I went forward on the turn, ; The paper is crunching in every nail. ; Hey, you boy, you will be a good soldier, ; Namely, Count R... Read More Arrow
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If I could be a fiery stallion for once

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If I were a fiery horse, I would break into the casino in Sellye. I would kill the lord who enlisted me as a soldier. Read More Arrow
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If I sit up, Chuhai

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1. If I sit, czuhai, if I sit on the back of my little gray horse, ; I will jump, czuhai, jump into the innkeeper's yard. ; Innkeeper, beautiful innkeeper, give me black coffee, ; I haven't slept for thirteen nights, let my stomach heal. ; ; 2. If I sit, czuhai, if I sit on the r... Read More Arrow