Adult folk songs

I settled in Tornóca as a carpenter.

Singing

1. I have settled in Tarnócá as a shepherd, ; There is good pasture there for the sheep. ; My sheep wear copper bells, ; Let them know, they are grazing now. ; ; 2. My wages are ten forints and twenty kreuzars, ; Even from that, as a shepherd in Tornócá. ; I will be with my maste... Read More

Then I want to go down to the village.

Singing

1. Then I would like to go down to the village, ; When they take my baby to the funeral. ; I would listen to how much her heart beats, ; My brown baby, why do you deny her. ; ; 2. My mother, I will not live long, ; Only until the day of my baby's wedding. ; Then they will bring m... Read More

If the Tisza River were ink

Singing

1. If the Tisza were ink, ; Every most delicious scribe could write it, it would be good. ; That one could not even write it down, ; Whom I love best in the great Menyhe. ; ; 2. The leaves in the forest would not rustle, ; If the gentle June wind did not blow. ; The wind blows th... Read More

That's why I love you.

Singing

1. That's why I love, ; Living at the end of the village, ; My baby goes there, ; To water her horse. ; ; 2. To water her horse, ; To make her grin. ; Her two red cheeks, ; To make me kiss her. Read More

I was not born of a mother.

Singing

1. I was not born of a mother, ; I was born on a rose tree, ; On the day of red Pentecost, ; I was born at dawn. ; ; 2. We are the roses, ; We love each other. ; In a beautiful red dawn, ; Let us embrace each other. Read More

Don't believe the hype.

Singing

1. Don't believe the most greedy, ; The one with false faith. ; He hugs you, kisses you, ; He turns away, mocks you. ; ; 2. But you can believe the girl, ; Like the lily of the valley. ; The flower in her bosom, ; In that is the truth. ; ; 3. I knew, I know, ; That the young man ... Read More

The hen has gone to migrate.

Singing

1. The hen has gone to wander, ; She will not come back, ; May will come back roasted, cooked, ; She will not sit on the anvil any more. ; ; 2. The goose has fallen on the ice, ; May will rise next week. ; She will knock her ankles, ; Her red spurred boots. Read More

If you knew you were angry with me

Singing

1. If you knew you were angry with me, ; Why did you kiss my cheek? ; You would have felt better, my sweet rose, ; You wouldn't have spoken to me. ; ; 2. I loved you, I won't deny it, ; But that's over. ; My life is over, ; May my envy be satisfied. Read More

My mother told me

Singing

1. My mother told me, ; Why is my lover for me, ; But I did not listen to her, ; I kept a lover in secret. ; ; 2. I could not love in secret, ; It dawned on me. ; It dawned on me, ; I lured blondes, brunettes. ; ; 3. Until the girl is a virgin flower, ; Until the young man sleeps... Read More

In times of Eastern Sufism

Singing

1. Eastern sweet time, ; All animals rejoice, ; Forests and fields turn green, ; Many sweet young men are happy. ; ; 2. The girls are angry with me, ; That I go to the other line. ; Don't be angry, girls, ; Where I usually go, I go there! Read More