Snapshots

You have to go even if it rains.

Song

1. You have to go even if it rains, ; Even if it rains hard. ; It's hard to walk, ; My baby, it's separation. ; ; 2. The separation, the separation, ; Well, all those many visits to you. ; I visited you for a long time, ; For almost three years. Read More

I'll shout myself out.

Song

1. I call out to myself, hey, you Jankó. ; Pull my song for me, you musician, ; But pull it so that the heart of every little boy breaks, ; Of Juliská, Mariska, my lovely baby. ; ; 2. If I pull up my bosom, nanny, ; I will not deny it, ; Balázs, get off the swing, it was not your... Read More

My goose egg is lost.

Song

1. My goose is lost, ; I regret it more than my master. ; Now my goose is a good egg, ; But my master is a drunkard. ; ; 2. I regret that I married, ; I brought trouble on my neck. ; My wife has left me, ; She has left me many children. ; ; 3. I took two in my arms, ; I pressed t... Read More

My God, please grant me a miracle.

Song

1. My God, give me a miracle, ; A big bundle of thousands. ; I will tear it apart without a fork, ; I will live without you, (csuhajja). ; ; 2. My God, give me a miracle, ; Turn the Tisza into wine, ; I will drink it without a glass, ; I will live without you, (csuhajja). ; ; 3. ... Read More

Come here, come

Song

1. Come here, where I am, ; You know where I live, ; Come here, I will kiss you, ; My little angel, under the window. ; ; 2. I burn a tallow candle, ; I love a brown boy. ; Come here, I will kiss you, ; My little angel, if I want you. Read More

The bird of the sky is not destined to take

Song

1. The bird of the sky neither sows nor reaps, ; Yet the border holds it. ; I neither sow nor reap, ; Yet they live among them. ; ; 2. You may now go before my house, ; I will not watch over you as before. ; Until now I have only watched over you, ; My heart rejoiced when I saw y... Read More

Cut that skin off with an axe.

Song

1. Cut down that tree with an axe, from which I will make a goose barn, ; Burn that tree with fire, from which I will make a spindle barn. ; Bring water to that land, from which I will make hemp barn, ; I don’t need hemp, only the sedge, ; I’ll make a fire from the sedge, I’ll wa... Read More

I was drafted into the army at a young age.

Song

1. I was drafted into the army when I was young, ; You are still a little angel, you will soon be an orphan. ; You are nineteen, and I am twenty, ; I am a Hungarian child, I can carry a backpack. ; ; 2. The car whistles, quickly out to the station, ; But many sweet mothers follow... Read More

They're already blowing the whistle on the Fülek factory

Song

1. They're already blowing the whistle at the factory in Fülek. ; Every little girl is waiting for her baby there. ; That's why I'm walking around the ironworks, ; I'm waiting for my baby at eight o'clock in the evening. ; ; 2. My dear Bözsikém, will you still cry, ; When they'll... Read More

If I pick up my stick

Song

If I pick up my stick, ; I set off on my journey. ; |: I cut something towards Détér, ; The peasant falls in a thousand directions. :| Read More