Adult folk songs

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I sent my letter to the postman.

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1. I sent, I sent my letter to the postman ; It arrived, it arrived on the first day of Pentecost. ; Read this sad letter, my father! ; I spend my sad life in the Kosztolec barracks. ; ; 2. They laid out, they laid out my body in the yard, ; I have no mother, I have no mother lyi... Read More Arrow
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Wild hemp on the edge of a ditch

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1. A wild hemp stalk on a ditch; A fool who goes to girls. ; Behold, I go to brides, ; Every night I sleep with them. Read More Arrow
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The forest is turning green.

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1. The forest is turning green; The bottom is turning blue. ; My dear baby, today we have come to ; Our sad day. ; ; ; ; 2. May God strike you, ; Who thought of this! ; Oh, how the poor fellow ; Pulls the card. ; ; 3. Pull, pull, pull, ; Maybe you'll pull it out. ; Now we've com... Read More Arrow
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The canal flows in front of our house, but in front of our house

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1. In front of our house, but in front of our house, the canal flows; It bathes in it, but even the stork bathes in it. ; The stork always bathes, yet its feathers are muddy, ; My dear little angel is the most beautiful girl in the village. ; ; 2. I promised, I wrote to the judge... Read More Arrow
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There is a woman at the end of the village...

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1. At the end of the village there is a woman, she has a curly-haired daughter, ; That's why I live, that's why I die, I'm her baby, her darling. ; A rose petal has fallen, love has abandoned me, ; The rose petal has fallen, my baby, but you loved me in vain. ; ; ; ; At the end ... Read More Arrow
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If I sit, if I sit on the black steamer

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1. If I sit, if I sit on the black steamer, ; Only God knows where I'll get off. ; Then I'll get off in the middle of Galicia, ; The cannon roars, the swords clash, the weapons crackle. ; ; 2. The great cannon of Russia smokes all around, ; The great cannon of His Majesty Ferenc ... Read More Arrow
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Ipolysági Street

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1. Ipolysági Street, ; Tea roses all the way. ; A hussar boy is going there, ; Break one of them! ; ; 2. I have already broken one, ; I have also withered it. ; From the beautiful girls of Ipolysági ; I have chosen one. ; ; 14th facsimile: ; ; Read More Arrow
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It's become a habit for us now.

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1. It has become a custom among us, ; They do not dance in low rooms. ; Because there are many young women among us, ; Her head-dress is very curly and curly. ; ; 2. It has become a custom among us, ; They do not dance in low rooms. ; The high bosoms of the young men ; The low ro... Read More Arrow
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It is not good to plant carrots on a hill.

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1. It is not good to plant carrots on a hill, ; It is not good to love a widow's daughter. ; I said something to Eccer's dear daughter, ; The cursed one betrayed his mother. Read More Arrow
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I drove nine oxen to the Great Saturday market.

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1. I drove nine oxen to the Great Saturday market, ; The tenth is for my baby's courtier. ; I have nine oxen's money in my inner pocket, ; My baby, I will spend it tonight. ; ; 2. I did not buy my wrinkled boots at the Great Saturday market, ; All such poor children, I searched f... Read More Arrow