Adult folk songs

My mother's thatched house

Song

1. My mother's thatched house, ; Its little gate is always locked, ; Open it, mother, open it, soon your son will come for a long vacation, ; And then the homeland will call again. ; ; 2. Dawn is breaking, the sky is breaking, ; The Hungarians will be free again, ; May as many Hu... Read More

Brunette girl's loose skirt is covered in mud

Song

1. The skirt of a brown little girl, a lily, ; It got caught in the goalpost, yellow lily. ; ; 2. The goalpost didn't catch it yet, a lily, ; Her lover pulled it yet, yellow lily. ; ; 3. Let go, my lipstick, of my skirt, a lily, ; Don't make my mother sad, yellow lily. ; ; 4. I d... Read More

Brunette girl's loose skirt is covered in mud

Song

1. A brown girl's loose skirt, a lily, ; She got caught in the goalpost, yellow lily. ; ; 2. It wasn't the goalpost that caught her, a lily, ; Her lover pulled her, yellow lily. ; ; 3. Tear off, my rose, my skirt, a lily, ; Don't grieve my mother, yellow lily. ; ; 4. I didn't tea... Read More

Brunette girl's loose skirt is covered in mud

Song

1. The skirt of a brown girl, a mud-lily, ; The goalpost got stuck, a yellow lily. ; ; 2. The goalpost didn't catch her, a mud-lily, ; Her lover pulled her, a yellow lily. Read More

In the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight

Song

1. In the year 1848; The Lord God looked down upon the earth, ; He looked around at this wide world, ; How the poor Hungarian hussars were fighting. ; ; 2. My little grey horse has shiny horseshoes, ; The innkeeper's wife's innkeeper's hat is delicate, ; She combs her disheveled ... Read More

I was born in eighteen hundred and forty-eight.

Song

1. I was born in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, ; I had no father, yet I was raised, ; I grew up like a rose on a bush, ; I became a hussar when I was twenty. ; ; 2. I am a hussar, not a soldier in boots, ; Because boots do not fit my feet, ; They are not for the feet of a Mar... Read More

The Wittenburg barracks are on a hill.

Song

1. The Wittenburg barracks are on a hill, ; Autumn roses bloom in the window frame, ; The leafy one leaned towards me, the branchy one, ; We must part, little angel, from each other. ; ; 2. Evening, evening, alas, but a loving evening, ; But I was with a loving girl that evening,... Read More

It's raining, dripping beautifully and quietly.

Song

1. It is raining, dripping beautifully and quietly, ; A little brown girl is crying bitterly in her room, ; She opens and closes the two windows of her room, ; She listens to the rustling of the rain. ; ; 2. Beyond the Tisza there is a barren pasture, ; In the middle is a cemeter... Read More

I was born in the green forest of Martos

Song

1. I was born in the green forest of Martos, ; For a little girl, alas, but I suffered a lot, ; Alas, but I toiled a lot after her, ; Yet I am shut out of her heart. ; ; 2. They all say that my dove does not like me, ; While I do not cut my curly hair, ; It would be worse to cut ... Read More

The national flag is on my hat.

Song

1. The national flag is on my hat, ; All around it is written the word "lament", ; All around I always read, ; My enlistment day is approaching. ; ; 2. The red-brick barracks of Komárom, ; A rose blooms from its four corners, ; A rose blooms in the middle, from its corners, ; The... Read More