Soldier's Song

His Highness Ferenc Jóska, if you have hired me as a hussar

Song

1. Ferenc Jóska, your majesty, if you have become a hussar, ; Give me a young stallion, so that I may not walk on foot, ; Give me a red young stallion, ; That very night I will jump over my baby's barred gate. ; ; 2. I hang my little rosemary hat on the nail, ; For three long yea... Read More

But many days and nights

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1. But many days and nights, ; I spent with my baby, ; Some in vain, some for the benefit, ; Some to the pain of my heart. ; ; 2. The ship capsizes many times, ; Many a handsome young man is thrown off the horse, ; Many a mother is sad, ; When war begins. Read More

My dear mother, if you want to visit me

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1. My dear, dear mother, if you want to visit me, ; Come out to the battlefield of Bohemia, ; There you will find my grave under a rock, ; Where, my mother, you can weep your heart out. ; ; 2. The ship is moving slowly on the quiet waters of the Maros, ; Why is my lord the custom... Read More

My mother stood at the gate.

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1. My dear mother stood at the gate, ; From there she watches that her son is a soldier, ; Go home, mother, raise another, ; He will become a five-star hussar, and then you will see. ; ; 2. My mother, who is the hussar, not me, ; Who will saddle the horse if not me, ; I will sadd... Read More

How is the chick?

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How is the chick, how? ; I'll tell you, how? How? ; The price of a chick is one hundred forints, ; Let's hit the mark... Read More

The current hussar has a good job.

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He has a good job, he has a good job for the current hussar, ; He doesn't reap hay for the horse, hay for the horse. ; His hay, my dear, is tied up in portions, ; Come, dear little angel, put it in front of my horse. Read More

It's raining, there's a lot of mud on the road.

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1. It is raining, there is a lot of mud on the road, ; A little brown girl is walking along the road crying. ; She says to her mother crying, ; Her lover is being taken to the army. ; ; 2. My mother, light the candle, ; Let me polish the uppers of my boots, ; The blacksmith girls... Read More

The whitewashed house of a brunette bride

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1. The whitewashed house of a brown bride, ; She will be in black mourning for three years, ; She will be in black mourning for three years, ; While her lord is away in Galicia. ; ; 2. The brown bride, what is your life worth, ; If your dear lover is not here. ; He is not here, h... Read More

My beloved pigeon was taken to the soldier

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1. My dear pigeon was taken to a soldier, ; He left his mother with this, ; I should go with him too, if possible, ; He can't hug me for three years anyway. ; ; 2. When my pigeon's curly hair was cut off, ; They threw it all into a flowered apron. ; He doesn't have as many hairs,... Read More

The Esztergom barracks has a high roof

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1. The Esztergom barracks, but the roof is high, ; But many a girl's lover suffers in it. ; See, mine is not in it, here I sit on his lap', ; Only three of the bearded lads were enlisted. ; ; 2. The windows of the Esztergom barracks are all barred, ; But many recruits look sadly ... Read More