Ballad

The peacock girl

Song

1. Between mountains, between valleys, ; Thus a little lion guarded a peacock, ; There come strangers, ; Three young men. ; ; 2. Listen, little girl, what do we ask, ; Come to the green forest, ; For green forest fun, ; For honest friendship. ; ; 3. They reached the mountain, ; T... Read More

The lamb and the shepherd boy

Song

1. There is a tree in Baron Endre's yard, ; A shepherd boy is playing the flute under it, ; The sound of a flute is heard in the window, ; The baron's daughter is awake, listening. ; ; 2. Baron Endre's window is open, ; A black-eyed lamb looks out of it, ; She sighs three times t... Read More

I'm going to a pub.

Song

1. I'm going to a pub, ; I'm going to a pub. ; I'm going to have a fight, ; I'm going to have a fight. ; ; 2. My sweet mother, my sweet, ; My sweet mother, my sweet ; I have a shirt, my laundry, ; I have a shirt, my laundry. ; ; 3. If I don't have a shirt, my laundry, ; If I don'... Read More

Kata Szabó fell ill

Song

1. She got sick; Kata Szabó in the nut, ; In the nut, ; In the nut, in the nut. ; ; 2. Ask her; Her mother, what hurts? ; It's not my heart that hurts, ; It's not my heart that hurts, nor my head that hurts. ; ; 3. It's not my heart that hurts, ; It's not my heart that hurts, nor... Read More

The Tisza is turbulent (sic)

Song

1. The Tisza is turbulent (sic), ; It doesn't want to calm down, ; That famous Imre Bogár ; He wants to go by. ; ; 2. He wants to go by, ; He wants to steal a horse. ; At the great fair in Nitra ; He wants to sell it. ; ; 3. He wants to sell it. ; He wants to make money. ; This f... Read More

The baron's herd is grazing beautifully.

Song

1. that The baron's goulash is grazing beautifully, ; that The young lady herself is walking after it. ; that He has already stood out for the goulash from afar, ; My heart is goulash, you should put down your suba! ; ; 2. I cannot put down my suba, ; that The inn is here, they w... Read More

One in a city

Song

1. A bridegroom in a city, ; A bridegroom went to the bride's house, ; During the wedding; The bride died. ; ; 2. The groom asks ; An unknown mother, ; Where is my rose, ; My beautiful Elizabeth? ; ; 3. She has gone, my son, she has gone ; To the bank of the stream, ; To gather p... Read More

I went up the mountain.

Song

1. I went up the mountain, ; I looked down at the valley, ; There I saw a mother ; In pure black. ; ; 2. I asked her, ; Where is your daughter, ; Where is your daughter, ; My sweet partner. ; ; 3. She has gone, my son, she has gone, ; She has gone to the forest ; To pick lilies o... Read More

Good evening, good evening.

Song

1. Good evening, good evening, ; Judge Sági, ; Is your daughter at home, ; Miss Mariska. ; ; 2. She is at home, she is at home, ; In the inner room. ; She is falling asleep in good time, ; In her bed of silk quilt. ; ; 3. Go in, wake her up, ; Send her to the ball, ; Put her thre... Read More

The Tisza River is turbulent

Song

1. The Tisza is troubled, ; It does not want to clear up, ; That famous Imre Bogár, ; He wants to swim across. ; ; 2. He wants to swim across, ; He wants to steal a horse, ; At the Kecskemét green market, ; He wants to sell it. ; ; 3. He wants to sell it, ; He wants to buy a hors... Read More