Adult folk songs

Ung County Ung County is a poor county.

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1. Ung County, Ung County, poor Ung County,But many young men have already left it.If we even leave it,The girls will be orphaned, there will be no one to hug them.2. My mother gave me milk like that,The one my lover left me with.Her smile is like a rose,Oh, my God, but I wish sh... Read More

The steamer whistled into the Čapi station

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1. The steamer whistled into the Čapi station, ; Three brown girls look on crying. ; She wipes her eyes with a white handkerchief, ; She mentions her soldier's doll. Read More

The wind plays with the water of Lake Balaton, my hair

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1. The wind is playing, oh, hair, with the water of Lake Balaton,I am playing too, oh, hair, playing with my old lover.Play, my baby, play now,October is coming, the outlaw month, and then I will march away.2. In front of our house, my dear mother, there is a tall mulberry tree,I... Read More

If I sit down, oh my, if I sit down on the black steamer

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1. If I sit down, chuh, if I sit down on the black steamer,To the Czech Republic, chuh I won't get out of it.I won't get out, I'll write my baby a sad, mournful letter,I'm sick, my heart hurts so much it can't be cured. 2. Dry grass, chuh, dry grass no longer grows leaves,Cannonb... Read More

I would go by the hair of my head, I would go by the Tisza boat.

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1. I would go by, my hair, I would go by the Tisza river, ; A blue ribbon, my hair, a blue ribbon flutters on my hat. ; It is written, it is written on the left side of my hat, ; For three years, my hair, three years I was a soldier for you. ; ; 2. The clover has three leaves, th... Read More

I am locked in the barracks of Szatmár, alone.

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1. The barracks of Szatmár, I am locked in the cell by myself,The barracks of Szatmár, I am locked in the cell by myself.Sergeant, open the door or I will kick it open,Let me see my baby, may grief not kill my baby's heart. 2. |: The sixty-fifth grave of the cemetery of Szatmár i... Read More

Come on, Hungarian boys, let's pull the strings if possible

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1. Come, Hungarian boys, let's pull the wire if possible, ; The country's army is not far away. ; The cannons are ringing, the heavy weapons are cracking, ; Now you see, my baby, what a Hungarian child is worth. ; ; 2. We don't know the way to Romania, ; Let the captain lead us t... Read More

There is a round forest near Lviv.

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1. There is a round forest near Lemberg,In the middle of it there is a funeral cemetery.There lie many beautiful Hungarian goats,Buried by mournful Galicia.2. My mother received a letter,There she received the news of my death.She can cry and cry, poor thing,She will not fall on ... Read More

The steamer has six wheels.

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1. The steamer has six wheels,I wish it would break into dust.So that it wouldn't take you far,to the middle of Russia.2. The mother can cry,Whose two sons are soldiers.One is a hussar, the other a buck,Oh, but they are two fine soldiers.3. One is grazing her horse,The other is h... Read More

I carve my name on the four corners of my blanket

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1. I carve my name on the four corners of my blanket,I hand over my work to the eight-year-olds.Let the fur-clad recruit wear it, oh my hair,Who still has thirty-six months in his barracks. 2. My shirt is fine, my pants are fine, its sleeves are flagged,It doesn't flutter, it doe... Read More