Adult folk songs

Sandy ground around the church in Tárkány

Song

1. Around the church in Tárkány is sandy,I plant rosemary in it, but it is bushy,The bushy branches bend where I walk,I find a beautiful lover with his partner.2. My whip is red, not yellow,My baby is beautiful, she has no equal in Nagytárkány,Her eyes are blue, her eyebrows are ... Read More

Sandy ground around the Battyány church

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1. Around the Battyány church is sandy,I plant rosemary in it, but it is bushy.The bushy branches, they lean towards where I walk,I find a beautiful lover with his partner.2. Late in the evening, the stars are shining,A young man wanders through the village.He is looking for acco... Read More

If I go out to the Tárkány embankment

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1. If I go out to the Tárkány embankment,From there I look at the middle of the village,From there I see who has a beautiful brunette daughter,Whose yard has a rose blooming.2. Who planted a tulip in my garden,In the evening and in the morning I watered it with my tears,|: The tu... Read More

There is a very cold water in my yard.

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1. There is a cold water in my yard, ; The young men go there to wash. ; One says, oh, but this water is cold, this water, ; Another says my lover lives here. ; ; 2. My mother can't sleep, ; I hear a young man singing in front of our house. ; My mother let me go out to him, to hi... Read More

Brown boy, if you knew what I know

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1. Brown boy, if you knew what I am, ; What a fair, faithful lover I am. ; As fair as the nightingale in the sky, ; That walks round and round under the sky. ; ; 2. Brown boy, your black eyes, ; Your beauty kills me. ; Your words are written down with me, ; Brown boy, they bury m... Read More

This little girl, when she goes into the tavern

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1. When this little girl goes into the tavern,She just jumps after him in a pleated skirt.She has beautiful black curly hair that falls to her shoulders, cut in two,But I would like to go to the ball with her.2. The top of the walnut tree is full of branches,A handsome young man ... Read More

The wild pigeon is picking pure wheat

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1. Hey, the wild pigeon is picking pure wheat,Oh, but the Tárkány bell rings beautifully.It beats so beautifully on both sides,Hey, I loved you, little angel, in vain.2. Hey, I gave pure wheat to the bird,Yesterday they buried my mother.My mother is gone, my lover has also left m... Read More

Hey, I don't have a table or a chair.

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1. Hey, I have neither a table nor a chair,Who has a more beautiful baby than me?She walks in front of me to the gate,Hey, my heart hurts and will fall out of me.2. Hey, I have nothing but a glass,I have nothing but two sprigs of rosemary.I drink the water from here incessantly,H... Read More

I would like to go to your place one evening, my baby.

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1. We would go, my baby, to you one evening, ; If your house were not a garbage dump, ; My csárdás boots would pick up the garbage, garbage, ; So that I could tie my life to you, my baby. ; ; 2. My dear God, but I was happy before, ; While my baby walked in front of my door. ; No... Read More

Coachman, hired boy, load the cart well.

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1. Coachman, hired boy, load the cart well, ; Don't let the lace bush and hawthorn prick your hand, ; Lace bush and hawthorn both, alas, prick, ; My sweet little angel leans close to me and kisses me. ; ; 2. The oak forest is leafy, leafy, leafy, ; He who has no lover, he who has... Read More