Children's folk songs

Hide, hide, green branch

Song

The most common game: ; Two children hold a gate with their hands raised. The others form a chain holding hands and, singing, they hide under the gate. On the last syllable of the song, the gatekeepers lower their arms, enclosing one of the chain members. He stands behind the gat... Read More

Hide, hide, green branch

Song

The most common game: ; Two children hold a gate with their hands raised. The others form a chain by holding hands and, singing, they hide under the gate. On the last syllable of the song, the gatekeepers lower their arms, trapping one of the chain members. He stands behind the g... Read More

Hide, hide, green branch

Song

The most common game: ; Two children hold a gate with their hands raised. The others form a chain by holding hands and hide under the gate while singing. On the last syllable of the song, the gatekeepers lower their arms, enclosing one of the chain members. He stands behind the g... Read More

New house bright house

Song

This game is played like the game "Hide, hide, green branch", with the difference that the second half of the song takes place in the form of a dialogue between the gatekeepers and the other players. ; ; New house, bright house Captain Borsos, ; Let's be brave, good warriors, we'... Read More

They give the young man two gallows

Song

The children stand in pairs behind each other and hold a gate. The back pair hides under the gate in front. When they reach the front, they also hold a gate. This is how they move forward. The game ends with a salt shaker, after which they run away. ; ; They give the young man t... Read More

Come on girls!

Song

Come, girls, if you are flowers, ; Let it grow, let it sway, ; What is a haystack, let the loaf rise, ; Kikirikí rajkó, three stinking banknotes, ; Drum Wednesday, skirts fly, ; I stepped on three sticks, ; I found heaven or earth, ; One life, one death, ; But I must part, ; I li... Read More

Bed assembled bed

Song

The singer described the game as follows: ; “We played this by holding each other’s hands, open in a straight line. The first two big ones raised their hands, both at “Hide, hide green branch”, and that’s when we started. The little ones started backwards, through the gate, and t... Read More

Hëj pëngyi pëngyi pëngyi

Song

The game is the same as the game "A bed made of a bed", which the singer tells as follows: ; "We played this by holding each other's hands, open in a straight line. The first two big ones raised their hands, both at "Hide, hide green branch", and that's when we started. The littl... Read More

I bring fire, you see.

Song

I bring fire, don't you see it, ; If you see it, don't you say, ; My dear, my dear, ; Throw away your shawl! ; ; &nbsp, Read More

I lost my gunner.

Song

This game requires an odd number of players. One child stands in the middle of the circle, the others hold hands and walk around the circle while singing the next song. At the end of the song, the person in the middle chooses a partner, and those in the circle also split into pai... Read More