Rabbi's Song

There is a big house over there.

Song

1. There is a big house over there, ; Its name is Court, ; Its name is Court, ; What they cook in it, ; Its juice is bitter. ; ; 2. There are locked up ; Two twenty-year-old boys, ; Two twenty-year-old boys, ; There they spend their time ; Poor, hungry and thirsty. ; ; 3. Up to t... Read More

In the courthouse of Kékkő

Song

1. In the courthouse of Kékkői, ; Twenty-four are sitting, ; All twenty-four, ; They are judging me. ; ; 2. The roof of the courthouse of Kékkői is made of shingles, ; What is cooked in it, ; Its juice is bitter. Read More

Have you heard of the red dream nail?

Song

Have you heard the news of the red dream nail, ; And that famous prison in Munkács, ; I have heard, I have heard, I have been in it, ; May God strike the one who built it. Read More

It's raining, but it's dripping nicely.

Song

1. It's raining, oh but it's dripping heavily, ; A Hungarian boy is grieving in prison, ; He opens the window of his room, ; He listens to the rustling of the rain. ; ; 2. But the beds in prison are hard, ; Not like my little angel, you have, ; Two planks under my head, nothing e... Read More

Oh, how high this prison roof is!

Song

1. Alas, but this prison roof is high; I am buried alive in it. ; Buried alive, I grieve, ; I will never be free from here. ; ; 2. The bottom of my room is like darkness, ; There is nothing in it but the cramped air. ; I can't look out of it at anything, ; Neither the clear nor t... Read More