The Shameful Girl (To a Poor Woman)

A poor woman, ; Had twelve daughters, ; The thirteenth, ; Thinking Idolka. ; ; – My idol, my idol, ; What is the reason for that? ; Your green silk skirt, ; The back is longer. ; ; – The tailor didn’t cut it well, ; The tailor didn’t sew it well, ; May God strike me, ; Who spoiled it. ; ; – The tailor cut it well, ; The tailor sewed it well, ; The tailor Miklóska, the prince ; There was a reason for that. ; ; – Good morning, good morning, ; Unknown mother. ; Where is your beautiful daughter ; Thinking Idolka? ; ; – She went to the river, ; To wash her white feet. ; To wash her white feet, ; To show herself off. ; ; – She’s not there, she’s not there, ; Unknown mother. ; Where is your beautiful daughter ; Thinking Idolka? ; ; – She went to the little shop ; To pick parsley. ; To pick parsley, ; To put in the soup. ; ; – She’s not there, she’s not there, ; Unknown mother. ; Where is your beautiful daughter ; Thinking Idolka? ; ; – She went with the lunch, ; After the harvesters. ; She went with the lunch. ; After the harvesters. ; ; – Harvesters, harvesters, ; You poor harvesters! ; Haven’t you seen ; Thinking Idolka? ; ; – We didn’t see, we didn’t see, ; We only heard the news of her. ; She’s in the room, ; On her mournful bed. ; ; – Good morning, good morning, ; You damned mother. ; Where is your beautiful daughter ; Thinking Idolka? ; ; – What should I do, what should I do, ; If I have to confess. ; There he is in the room, ; In his mournful bed. ; ; The groom enters, ; To his bride, ; A large knife in his hand, ; To stab her heart. ; ; – My body with your body ; May it rest in one grave, ; My blood with your blood ; Flow into a stream.