Adult folk songs

It's raining, there's a lot of mud on the road.

Song

1. It is raining, there is a lot of mud on the road, ; A little brown girl is walking along the road crying. ; She says to her mother crying, ; Her lover is being taken to the army. ; ; 2. My mother, light the candle, ; Let me polish the uppers of my boots, ; The blacksmith girls... Read More

The peacock is beautiful, but its feathers are cute

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1. The peacock is beautiful, but its feathers are golden, ; Now I am angry with my lover, ; I will be with my lover, yes, but angry, ; Until the wheat is in the hopper. ; ; 2. The rainbow entwines the sky, ; The little angel is angry, he does not love, ; If he is angry, I know th... Read More

I was born in the middle of a round forest

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1. I was born in the middle of a round forest, ; I didn't have a mother either, but I grew up, ; I grew up like a mushroom in a forest, ; I had a lover when I was eight years old. ; ; 2. In the middle of a round forest there is a tree, ; God knows what grows on it, ; I grow on it... Read More

I fell in love with this guy back then.

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1. I fell in love with this young man, ; When I first spoke to him, ; I liked his light blue eyes, ; His hair curled over his forehead. ; ; 2. My mother often warned me not to go anywhere late at night, ; I did not listen to my mother's words, ; That's why I became the baby of a ... Read More

I am an orphan, an orphan.

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1. I am an orphan, an orphan, ; God sees it too, ; May the Holy Trinity strike, ; Whoever hurts the orphan. ; ; 2. I am a prisoner, I am a prisoner, ; I await release, ; Only the good God knows ; When I will be free. Read More

I fell asleep on the banks of the Tisza River.

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1. I fell asleep on the banks of the Tisza, ; Alas, but I had a sad dream, ; When I woke up there, ; Nine gendarmes stood above me. ; ; 2. Gendarmes, what do you want, ; Maybe you want to iron? ; We don't want to iron, ; To buy a brave colt. ; ; 3. A brave colt is not for sale, ;... Read More

My horse is lost.

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1. My horse is lost ; In the Rosemary forest‘, ; My boots with a hole in them, my baby, ; In the many searches‘. ; ; 2. Don’t look for the horse, ; Because it’s locked up, ; In the court of the blacksmith‘, my baby, ; The bell rings on it. ; ; 3. I know my horse ; By the sound of... Read More

Bakony forest is in mourning

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1. Bakony forest is in mourning, ; Bakony forest is in mourning, ; Sándor Rózsa is dead, ; Sándor Rózsa is dead. ; ; 2. Still at noon on Thursday, ; Still at noon on Thursday, ; He went merrily to the cellar, ; He went merrily to the cellar. ; ; 3. His mother followed him, ; His ... Read More

I planted a rose tree in the footpath

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1. I planted a rose tree in the footpath, ; Whom I love, only God knows, ; For her sake I would deny my mother, ; Yet I would not leave my baby orphaned. ; ; 2. I am sorry, I regret what I have done, ; I fell in love with a creature, ; I did not fall in love, only in words, ; I a... Read More

The corners of the Mako family's houses have been torn off.

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1. Makó's house has a corner torn off, ; Makó Bandi ran away with a piece, ; Aunt Ilon ran out in a big hurry, ; My son Bandi, put down the piece of wall. ; Let him go, my mother, let him take it, (to the melody of line 3) ; He will be her dear son-in-law next autumn. (to the mel... Read More