Ballad

The Shameful Girl (To a Poor Woman)

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A poor woman, ; Had twelve daughters, ; The twelfth, ; Was Idor of Göndörvár. ; ; – My Idor, my Idor, ; What's wrong with you? ; Your silk skirt is green, ; The front is shorter. ; ; – The tailor didn't cut it well, ; Varó didn't sew it well, ; May God strike him down, ; Who ruin... Read More

The Outlaw's Travel Letter (Should I Run or Stop?) (I Fell Asleep on the Banks of the Tisza River)

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I fell asleep on the banks of the Tisza, ; Alas, but I had a sad dream, ; I dreamed that dream, ; That my father no longer loved me. ; ; When I woke up, ; Nine gendarmes stood over me. ; They ask me what my name is, ; Where is my travel document. ; ; Stop, gendarme, I will show y... Read More

The Shameful Girl (Idorkám Idorkám)

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– My dear, my dear, ; What could it be? ; Your round-bottomed skirt, ; Is it shorter in front? ; ; Is it shorter in front, ; Is it longer in back, ; Is it shorter in front, ; Is it longer in back. ; ; – The tailor didn’t cut it well, ; The tailor didn’t sew it well, ; The scissor... Read More

The Shameful Girl (I Went Up the Mountain)

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I went up the mountain, ; I looked down into the valley, ; There I saw my mother, ; In pure black. ; ; I did not dare to call, ; To grieve her heart, ; Where is the beautiful girl, ; Where is the beautiful Erzsi? ; ; – My son has gone, gone ; Out to the pearly stream, ; To wash h... Read More

The Shameful Girl (Good evening, good evening)

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– Good evening, good evening, ; But not to everyone, ; Only to that one, ; My dear lover. ; ; – Good evening, brown girl, ; What's the matter with you? ; The front of your apron, ; So shortened? ; ; – Here is a liter of wine, ; Drink from it, ; Comfort your sad heart, ; With it. ... Read More

The Test of Love (I Served There)

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I served there, ; I was a servant. ; The great shaman snake crawled into my bosom. ; My heart is oppressed, *) ; The belt of my red blood. ; ; – Take it out, mother, take it out, ; The great shaman snake, ; My heart is oppressed, ; The belt of my red blood. ; ; – I certainly won’... Read More

The Test of Love (I Served There)

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I served there, ; I was a servant. ; The great shaman snake crawled into my bosom. ; ; – Take it out, my father, take it out, ; The great shaman snake. ; My heart is troubled, ; The belt of my red blood. ; ; – I will certainly not take it out, ; Because I am afraid of it. ; Tell ... Read More

The Test of Love (I Went Out to the Meadow)

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– I went out to the meadow, ; I was lying down, ; The great sási snake has hidden itself in my bosom. ; ; It bites my heart, ; It eats my liver, ; The belt of my red blood, ; My throat is constricting. ; ; – My mother, my dear mother, ; Reach into my bosom, ; Pull out of my bosom... Read More

The wife built into the wall (Started started)

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Twelve masons set off, set off, ; The thirteenth mason, Clement. ; They began to build the castle of the mighty Deva, ; What they had built until evening, collapsed by morning. ; ; They began to argue, twelve masons, ; The thirteenth mason, Clement: ; – Whose wife comes here firs... Read More

The wife built into the wall (Started started)

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He set off, he set off, ; Twelve masons, ; The thirteenth, ; Mason Clement. ; ; The castle of Magos Déva, ; They began to build, ; And his living affairs ; They took it to heart. ; ; What they had put up long ago, ; In the afternoon it collapsed, ; What they had put up in the aft... Read More