The Shameful Girl (To a Poor Woman)
Song
A poor woman, ; Had twelve daughters, ; The twelfth, ; Was Idor of Göndörvár. ; ; – My Idor, my Idor, ; What's wrong with you? ; Your silk skirt is green, ; The front is shorter. ; ; – The tailor didn't cut it well, ; Varó didn't sew it well, ; May God strike him down, ; Who ruined it. ; ; – The tailor also cut it well, ; Varó also sewed it well, ; Prince Miklóska, ; He didn't aim well. ; ; – My servants, my servants, ; Take six horses, ; Take six horses, ; Even the best. ; ; – Take my daughter, ; To the gallows, ; To the gallows, ; The highest. ; ; – My mother, my good mother, ; Leave me one more day, ; One day, one hour, ; Or half a minute. ; ; – Come down, swallow, ; Take my letter, ; Prince Nicholas ; Put it on his table. ; ; If he is going to eat, ; Put it on his table, ; If you see him lying down, ; Put it on his pillow. ; ; – Good evening, good evening, ; Unknown mother, ; Where is my lover, ; Idorka of Göndörvár? ; ; – He has gone to the river, ; He washes his white feet, ; He washes his white feet, ; He amuses himself. ; ; – He is not there, he is not there, ; Unknown mother, ; Where is my lover, ; Idorka of Göndörvár? ; ; He has gone to the church, ; To hear Holy Mass, ; To hear Holy Mass, ; And to pray fervently. ; ; – He is not there, he is not there, ; My unknown mother, ; Where is my lover, ; My Idorka of Göndörvár? ; ; – He went to the little garden, ; He picks flowers, ; He picks flowers, ; He weaves a wreath. ; ; – He is not there, he is not there, ; My unknown mother, ; Where is my lover, ; My Idorka of Göndörvár? ; ; – What can I bear – I deny, ; I must confess, ; Into the dining room, ; Into his coffin of mourning. ; ; The groom enters, ; Into the dining room, ; Into the pain of his heart, ; He stabs himself with a big knife. ; ; – My blood with your blood, ; May it flow into one stream, ; My body with your body, ; May it rest in one grave. ; ; One was buried, ; On the edge of a green forest, ; Another was buried, ; In the middle of a small garden. ; ; On one opened ; A beautiful lily of the valley, ; On another opened, ; A beautiful tulip. ; ; One was watered ; By the good mother, D ; This other was watered, ; The lark of the forests.