Adult folk songs

My hat floats in the Tisza River

Song

1. My hat is floating in the Tisza, ; My boot is a pledge with the judge. ; But my heart beats here, ; Its hot flame is blazing towards you. ; ; 2. The wind of the Mátra blows, howls, ; My shirt and trousers are fluttering in it. ; My hat has already been caught, ; The Tatar took... Read More

They're already making great music in Miskolc

Song

1. Already in Miskolc I am playing music beautifully, ; I walk in line with the young men. ; Each one has a lover there, ; Hair, only mine stands out from them. ; ; 2. To the court of the judge of Zsigárd ; Three doves landed on the tree. ; Their feet are pearls, their wings are ... Read More

When I was a little child

Song

1. When I was a little child, ; I was a child of a horse with a colt. ; I lay down on my bed, ; From there I looked at my flock. ; ; 2. A German runs on a pallagon, ; Then a Hungarian on a good horse. ; He just beats his back, ; He just shrugs his shoulders. ; ; 3. Don't hurt my ... Read More

I am a widow's son.

Song

1. I am a widow's son, ; I walk as I please. ; I put on my ribboned hat, ; My dove mourns me. ; ; 2. The bird mourns me too, ; The branch also bends down for me. ; That too bends to the ground, ; It would speak to me if it could. ; ; 3. It would speak to me, but it cannot, ; My h... Read More

Mr. Pallér, it's easy.

Song

1. Mr. Pallér is easy, ; I have ten balls in me. ; If he ate one more, ; God would surely burst his beak. ; ; 2. The Miller's duck, ; He always dances. ; Whether he dances or not, ; You are mine, my dear! ; ; 3. On the embankment along the Vág, ; I lost my knife. ; I have a dear,... Read More

Blue is the color of the field, spring is the wealth

Song

1. The blue spring is for plowing, ; My little bow is for plowing. ; My plow is on the horn of the deer. ; My wheel is in Gödöllő. ; ; 2. My plowshare is in Vasad, ; Its subspecies is in Albár, ; Its biface is in Békés, ; Csoroszlám is at the blacksmith. ; ; 3. My hireling is in ... Read More

The speaker speaks beautifully.

Song

1. The tárogató speaks beautifully; Beyond the wide Danube. ; It mourns you sobbingly, ; With a painful heart, my beautiful homeland. ; ; 2. Sob, sob, tárogató, ; Hungary is lost. ; When the sad song cries through, ; Tears cover my heart. ; ; 3. From the grove, from my beautiful ... Read More

God gave wine to cheer the heart

Song

1. God gave wine to make the heart glad, ; As holy David said in the psalm. ; Therefore our master drilled the barrel, ; He had a jug full of wine brought here. ; ; 2. Now, gentlemen, let them drink from the wine, ; Let them rejoice in the wedding feast. ; Let them greet the jug,... Read More

There is a small house on the banks of the Tisza River.

Song

1. There is a small house on the bank of the Tisza, ; There is a small bed in it. ; There lies a brown maiden, ; A cradle rocking at her feet. ; ; 2. She just rocks him with her feet, ; With her mouth she just says. ; – Sleep, sleep, you innocent soul, ; The Holy Spirit is beatin... Read More

Beyond the Tisza, beyond the Danube

Song

Beyond the Tisza, beyond the Danube, ; I have fallen behind my dear baby. ; Beyond the Tisza, beyond the Danube, ; I have fallen behind the poor thing, ; I have not heard from anyone, ; Beyond the Tisza, beyond the Danube. Read More