The Shameful Girl (I Went Up the Mountain)
Song
I went up the mountain, ; I looked down into the valley, ; There I saw my mother, ; In pure black. ; ; I did not dare to call, ; To grieve her heart, ; Where is the beautiful girl, ; Where is the beautiful Erzsi? ; ; – My son has gone, gone ; Out to the pearly stream, ; To wash her white feet, ; To show herself. ; ; – She is not there, she is not there, ; Sweetest mother, ; Where is the beautiful girl, ; Where is the beautiful Erzsi? ; ; – My son has gone, gone, ; To the big restaurant, ; To set the table, ; To wipe the plate. ; ; – She is not there, she is not there, ; Sweetest mother, ; Where is the beautiful girl, ; Where is the beautiful Erzsi? ; ; What can I bear, I deny, ; If I have to confess, ; It's in the chamber, ; In someone else's arms. ; ; The groom enters, ; He takes a large knife in his hand, ; He stabs the beautiful Erzsi ; Into the girl's heart. ; ; – My blood with your blood, ; Let one stream flow, ; My body with your body, ; Let it rest in one grave. ; ; My body with your body, ; Let it rest in one grave, ; My soul with your soul, ; Let it worship one God. ; ; On the grave of one, ; Three sprigs of rosemary, ; On the grave of the other, ; Three wild pigeons stand. ; ; The three wild pigeons, ; All of them croak, ; Cursed is the mother, ; Cursed is the father. ; ; Cursed is the mother, ; Cursed is the father, ; Who gives his own daughter to the Butcher's Bench?