Adult folk songs

I bought a scarf, a silk scarf, it cost a hundred forints.

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1. I bought a scarf, a silk scarf, it cost a hundred forints, ; My rose is withering in the barracks, ; I'm selling my hundred-forint silk scarf, ; So that I can buy back my soldier lover. ; ; 2. A little singing lark landed on our house. ; Don't make my heart sad, Mariska. ; Bec... Read More

The eagle flew from well to well

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1. The eagle flew to the well, to the well,My rose, my rose, don't tempt me.I'm tempted, I'm tempted, I'm tempted,A flower more beautiful than you, more beautiful than you, more beautiful than you.2. Magyarbődi, Magyarbődi, Magyarbődi, at the bottom of the mountain,The leg of my ... Read More

My vulture-legged horse got lost in the rosemary forest

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1. My vulture-legged horse is lost, in the rosemary forest, ; The little angel of the inn is tired, in the great search, ; Do not look for your horse, because it is driven in, ; Hey, to the gate of the Viennese judge, the bell rings around his neck. Read More

The pig is not for me, it is for you.

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1. The pig is a pig, not for me, for you, ; My mother, she won't give it to my baby, ; I'll walk around under the sky, ; Until I rest in my baby's arms. ; ; 2. Late in the evening I was walking at the end of the village, ; I saw three stars in the sky. ; All three only mean, ; Th... Read More

To the top of the Kisboly tower

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1. On the top of the Kisboly tower,A raven sits in pure black.His feathers are golden under his wings,I'm going to the first series now.2. Indeed, indeed, you Kisboly judge,May the raven gouge out your two eyes.I have never sinned against the outlaw,Yet an enlisted soldier. Read More

You have to go even if it rains.

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A. I have to go, even if it rains, ; Even though it rains hard. ; It's hard to walk, ; My baby, separation from you. ; ; B. My mother mourns me, alas, alas, ; But the dawn shone on me sadly. ; Now too, a lover has left me, ; Whom I will never forget as long as I live. Read More

Mom, where is that sweet milk?

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1. Where is my mother's sweet milk,That raised her to be a soldier?She would have rather given it to her sweet daughter,Because in the fall she won't be taken to be a soldier.2. I was a bud when I was born,I was a rose when I became a soldier.I opened my baby's window,I'm witheri... Read More

My mother went out to the garden.

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1. My mother went out into the little garden, ; She looked up at the starry skies, ; Starry skies I'm killing myself, ; They're taking my son to be a soldier. ; ; 2. My mother, don't kill yourself, ; Instead, ask for Ferenc Jóska first. ; Ferenc Jóska himself says: ; An only son ... Read More

This oriole climbed up the tree

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1. This yellow thrush has climbed up the tree,It sings sadly, its mate has left it,My baby has left me too,But I cry like the yellow thrush bird.2. Waiting, waiting, my baby, oh, it's hard to wait,Serving for two years for a little girl.I'll gather my tears into a tent,I'll write... Read More

God bless whoever made the steamboat

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1. May God strike the one who made the steamboat, ; Who carved its six wheels into a round shape, ; They take the Hungarian boy, oh my, far away, ; A republic in danger, on its sour bread. ; ; 2. A republic in danger, may the great sky fall on you, ; For the poor buck, dumplings ... Read More