Adult folk songs

My mother is a soldier too.

Song

My mother, I am also a soldier, ; I am going to the barracks of Újszőny. ; I am going to the barracks of Újszőny. ; I am going to the barracks like the fig tree leaves in autumn, ; My mother, but you raised me in vain. ; ; My mother warned me a lot about good, ; So that I would n... Read More

When I started packing my little suitcase

Song

When I started packing my little suitcase, ; My mother started crying. ; Mother, thank you for raising me, ; I haven't eaten your bread for three years. Read More

I was a baby when my mother gave birth to me.

Song

I was a bud to my mother when I was born, ; I became a rose when I became a soldier. ; I opened my baby's window, ; I'm going to the big Czech Republic, my baby. ; ; My mother warned me to do good, ; Not to go to the village late. ; I didn't listen to my mother's words, ; They be... Read More

The judge in Vajka received a letter

Song

The judge of Vajka received a letter, ; Enlist all the young men. ; But many a brown girl's eyes are filled with tears, ; That her lover will be taken far away. ; ; You, Vajka girls, God be with you, ; I will not speak to you any more. ; Let a red rose bloom on your breasts, ; Le... Read More

I was born in the middle of a large village called Ócsa.

Song

I was born in the middle of a large village, ; There was no tutor or nurse over me, ; I grew up like a rose on a bush, ; I became a soldier, when I was twenty years old. ; ; Bring out, my good mother, my hat with a ribbon, ; This will be my last word to you. ; My heart is squeeze... Read More

My little gray horse in the covered stable

Song

My little grey horse in the covered sleigh, ; He didn't jump into the curcer gallop well, ; Sunny corporal brought this gun to report, ; After report to my first platoon. ; ; The report is ready, I'm assigned there, ; I also know that I'll be punished. ; Ten days first, twenty ba... Read More

They're already recruiting us with ropes

Song

They are already being used to tie us up with ropes, ; They take away the poor man by force. ; If a farmer has five or six sons, they do not harm him, ; If a poor man has one, they carry him away. ; ; His father and mother go after him, lamenting him, ; They ask for his money, he... Read More

The sun is shining on the Komárom line

Song

The sun is shining on the Komárno draft board, ; The visiting lords have come. ; One is looking at the state of my weak body, ; Another is looking at the sadness of my heart. ; ; Assistant clerk of Komárno, come out, ; The draft board will issue my letter. ; Only let it be writte... Read More

Come on girls, let's dress up in white.

Song

Come, girls, let's dress up in white, ; Let's go to the big barracks. ; Let's knock on the barred door of the barracks, ; Let every girl hug her baby. ; ; There is a weeping willow tree by the Isonzo, ; A little brown girl is drawing water under it. ; Stop, little girl, little br... Read More

It sounds beautiful in the ear at dawn.

Song

The ear-mouse speaks beautifully at dawn, ; The mounted artilleryman is listening in his bed. ; Get up, artilleryman, fire your horse, cannon, ; We must be out by seven o'clock in the morning. ; ; We will be out in front of the barracks, ; The captain stands in front of the compa... Read More