Adult folk songs
The plow clacks in the dry ground
Song
1. The plow clacks in the dry ground, ; A cowardly young man who has no lover. ; Even a bird has a place in the dense forest, ; I have a place in the middle of the village, too. ; ; 2. It is raining, alas, but it drips beautifully, ; A little brown girl laments in her room. ; She...
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Dry grass chuhai
Song
Dry grass, dry grass; it no longer grows leaves. ; Brown girl, brown girl; May the good God bless you. ; May God give you a lover who ; will marry you, ; Because when I, brown girl, get married, ; God knows when it will be.
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On the sedge, on the sedge
Song
Blackberry, blackberry, she ran up the tree, ; So that every little girl should take care of herself. ; Take care of herself, in this deceitful world, ; So that her dear baby cannot deceive her.
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Tilatila, forbidden tree
Song
1. Tilatila, the forbidden tree, tells the story, ; It is forbidden to love a brown boy. ; Hey, hair, I need just the brown one, ; Who would love me forbidden. ; ; 2. I was born a fool, a fool, a fool, ; A real mother did not raise me. ; Now if I had this world, ; Even a flower w...
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Pure lily of the valley
Song
1. Pure lily of the valley ; This forest, this forest. ; Tell me, my sweet rose, ; Whom do you love, whom do you love? ; ; 2. I love no one else, ; Only you, only you. ; Those two shining ; Your eyes, your eyes. ; ; 3. Two shining eyes ; I let you see, I let you see. ; Her two re...
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Pure rosemary sprig
Song
1. Pure rosemary ; This forest, this forest. ; Tell me, my sweet rose, ; Whom do you love, whom do you love ; ; 2. I love no one else, ; Only you, only you. ; That black night, ; Your eyes, your eyes. ; ; 3. Two black eyes, ; I let you see, I let you see, ; Your two red cheeks, ;...
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They are already breaking the meadows.
Song
1. The meadows are already being broken, the yoke is cracking, ; There is hard soil on the upper border, ; So hard, even the plow cannot turn it, ; Every girl, Recece, has her own baby more beautiful. ; ; 2. I will send a message, Recece, to my lover's mother, ; Have a white pill...
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The hay was cut across the Tisza
Song
1. The hay was cut across the Tisza. ; The right wing of the little lark was cut off. ; The little lark cries for its right wing, ; I cry for my old baby too. ; ; 2. The warm rain is dripping across the Tisza, ; A little brown girl is lamenting in her room. ; Everyone opens the s...
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Under water, under water
Song
1. Under water, under water, ; Water under the mill. ; Water drives the mill, ; Love the kiss. ; ; 2. Love, love, ; Cursed torment, ; Why didn't you give birth to me ; On the top of every tree! ; ; 3. On the top of every tree, ; On the leaves of a walnut tree, ; How he would have...
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(Hey) The village is fenced in
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1. (Hey) The village is fenced in, ; (Hey) They'll even take me out of it. ; I'll leave such a little girl in it, ; (That) my heart hurts for her to death. ; ; 2. (That) Lord God to my mother ; Why did she raise me to be a soldier. ; If my mother hadn't been, ; I wouldn't have be...
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