Adult folk songs
The wedding prince
Song
1. What did the prince think to himself, ; Oh, oh, what did he think to himself. ; ; 2. He put on his coachman's clothes, ; Oh, oh, coachman's clothes. ; ; 3. He goes to ask for the rich judge's daughter, ; Oh, oh, rich judge's daughter. ; ; 4. - Good evening, good evening, rich ...
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The naughty girl
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1. I drove my goose out, ; To the riverbank, ; The judge's son came there, ; He waved at it. ; ; 2. – Don't wave it, judge's son, ; My dear, ; I'm going home, to your father; I'll complain. ; ; 3. – God grant, judge, ; Have a nice and good day! ; – God grant, beautiful Ilona, ; W...
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The triple foeticide
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1. Vilma Szabó went out into the forest, ; She lay down at the base of the walnut tree, ; I went there, I shouted to her, ; – Get up, Vilma, someone has seen you. ; ; 2. Vilma Szabó did not take it for a joke, ; She jumped into the nearby tavern, ; She ordered the tapper's daught...
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The exterminated tavern-keeper family
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1. Alas, but it is muddy, alas, but it is this road, ; Yhere these nine beasts set off, ; Yhere these nine beasts set off, ; They turn into Pápajíné's yyard. ; ; 2. – Pápajíné, may God give you good evening, ; – May God give others luck too, ; – Hey, Pápajíné, how can you wish fo...
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The peacock girl
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1. Between mountains, between valleys, ; Thus a little lion guarded a peacock, ; There come strangers, ; Three young men. ; ; 2. Listen, little girl, what do we ask, ; Come to the green forest, ; For green forest fun, ; For honest friendship. ; ; 3. They reached the mountain, ; T...
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The purple spoon still pinched my hand
Song
1. My hand was still pinched by a pansy, ; My dark-haired young man still deceived my heart, ; You have deceived yourself, dark-haired young man, ; You have not found a truer man than me. ; ; 2. My sweet mother, that sprig of rosemary, ; Which my lover gave me, ; Tie it together,...
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The lamb and the shepherd boy
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1. There is a tree in Baron Endre's yard, ; A shepherd boy is playing the flute under it, ; The sound of a flute is heard in the window, ; The baron's daughter is awake, listening. ; ; 2. Baron Endre's window is open, ; A black-eyed lamb looks out of it, ; She sighs three times t...
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My love, my love
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1. My love, my love, ; My cursed torment, ; Why didn't you bloom ; On every treetop. ; ; 2. On every treetop, ; On a lemon tree leaf, ; You would have cut it ; Every poor lad. ; ;
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I live on a high mountain.
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I live on a high mountain, ; Look for me, my dove, ; Of summer flowing water ; I only hear its roar. ; ;
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Come with me, my dove.
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1. Come with me, my dove, ; But only to the gate, ; From there I will go, ; Alone myself. ; ; 2. I will go, I will go, ; I have a longing, ; To this ja village ; I have no place to stay. ; ; 3. If you jgo, if you jgo, ; Only be true to me, ; Your true love ; Don't turn it into a ...
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