Adult folk songs

The steam train stopped at the Bratislava station.

Song

The steam train stopped at the Bratislava station.Seventy-two-year-olds are shouting to get in.I'd get in, the steam engine can start,God forbid, hey, Hradec Králi barracks. Read More

My mother only raised me until I was twenty.

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1. My mother raised me only until I was twenty.Now the republic is taking care of me.Don't cry, my dear good mother, I'll be back,The starry sky will bring me back.2. They blow the trumpet, we have to march in.They beat the brass drum, we have to ride a horse.There's bread for tw... Read More

The long reed bends to the ground

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1. The reed is long, it bends down to the ground.My baby cries, it dies far away.It dies in the artillery barracks, butI will be free, my baby, soon. 2. I will be free, I will marry.I will marry the one I want.I will marry the most beautiful girl in the village, butWith whom I wi... Read More

I know, my rose, what you promised me on Thursday night.

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1. I know, my rose, what you promised me on Thursday night.That you will never have another lover in your life.Look up at the sky, the starry high sky.I curse you, you will never be mine, never in your life.2. He walks nicely, but his new recruit's feet walk nicely....He walks, w... Read More

The cabbage is round with lacy leaves.

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1. The cabbage is round, its leaves are lacy,The young man from Balony has no lover.The cabbage will have more leaves,The young man from Balony will have more true, loyal lovers.2. The inside of a black steamer is yellow.The young men from Balony are sitting in a row in it.They a... Read More

The Balonyi street is dusty, dusty

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The Balonyi street is dusty, dusty,If I walk along it.My baby's window is opening, opening,If I look in through it.Open your windows, my baby.Let me tell you my complaints,Because a recruit has many complaints,There is no one to listen to him. Read More

Come on baby, come on, I'll give you the penny

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1. Reap, my dear, reap,I will give you the penny.In the back of the village,In the length of the village.2. I reaped, I reaped,I also tied a sheaf.On the stubble of my lover,I also got sick. Read More

But I harvested a lot in the summer

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But I harvested a lot in the summer,I didn't rest myself on the bed.Drop your bed, my baby, your soft bed,Let me rest myself on it. Read More

The plow plowed the hair of the sheep to the border of Balony

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The plow plowed, hair, to the Balony border.The ground is hard, not even the plow can plow it,It's so hard, not even a double plow can plow it,Every girl's baby is a soldier, hair, a soldier. Read More

When I was eighteen years old

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1. When I was eighteen,I wanted to get married.Twelve girls were asked to marry me,All twelve of them turned me down.2. The first one was short, that was a problem,The second one was brown, that was a problem.The third one turned my eyes blue,The fourth one reduced my wealth.3. T... Read More