Nativity scene from Tejfalu
Song
Characters: ; ; THREE SHEPHERDS, OLD MEN ; ;  , ; ; Four children, about 10-12 years old, stood in a group. On Adam and Eve's Day, several groups went around the village. ; Each group carried a small nativity scene. They wore a white long shirt, the old man wore a suba or an inside-out fur coat, and a kuchsma on his head. The shepherds wore paper hats. ; ; (When they reached the house, they greeted them) ; ; EVERYTHING ; Praise be to Jesus Christ! ; ; HOUSEHOLDERS ; Where did you gather? ; ; EVERYTHING ; Bethlehem. ; ; 1. SHEPHERD ; I praise Jesus, I ask permission, ; To enter every house without a word. ; The shepherd man also loses himself, ; Where he guards his flock in cold and heat. ; It is scary to live on the edge of the forest, ; Because ghosts walk in succession, ; That the man's eyes throw sparks from them. ; ; II. SHEPHERD ; Well, bread-loving fellow, how do you feel here? ; Don't you know that you must not leave your flock? ; When I guard my flock, ; One of my eyes sleeps, the other watches. ; A wolf lurks on the edge of the forest, ; With this, I will poke its skin with my whip. ; And you, if you are a shepherd, do not leave your flock, ; Because otherwise I will soften your grandfather's back! ; ; III. SHEPHERD ; Are you dreaming and nothing else? ; It was a shame to be frightened by him. ; ; II. SHEPHERD ; Even Kend would have been scared, such a wonderful ghost. ; ; III. SHEPHERD ; Where is that ghost, let me strike him, ; Let the scoundrel's robe be torn in two! ; You belong in a corner, not with a flock, ; You come before me with ghosts of things. ; ; (The three Nativity scenes knelt down, and then the old man entered) ; ; OLD MAN ; My sons, my sons, shepherds, ; Get up quickly, ; For the angel has appeared with songs of joy, ; Who says, Messiah is born, ; Who will redeem the human race. ; Come, let us worship Jesus at the cold manger. ; ; (Singing, beating the floor with their rattles, ; they went around the Nativity scene) ; 
; ; ; Look towards Bethlehem, ; What great brightness there is, ; A star that landed there, ; Stopped over a barn. ; ; A well trough is visible over there, ; Perhaps the stable will be there. ; There the virgin gave birth to a virgin fetus, ; Once and as her sweet son. ; ; III. SHEPHERD ; The cold has taken hold of our purses, ; So that now he is mortally ill. ; We were with him at the doctor's. ; The doctor shook his head and said, ; He only likes fat patients. ; Therefore we ask the master of the house, ; To test our purse, ; The money will inflate it a little, ; And we will cut a vein in it. ;
; ; ; Look towards Bethlehem, ; What great brightness there is, ; A star that landed there, ; Stopped over a barn. ; ; A well trough is visible over there, ; Perhaps the stable will be there. ; There the virgin gave birth to a virgin fetus, ; Once and as her sweet son. ; ; III. SHEPHERD ; The cold has taken hold of our purses, ; So that now he is mortally ill. ; We were with him at the doctor's. ; The doctor shook his head and said, ; He only likes fat patients. ; Therefore we ask the master of the house, ; To test our purse, ; The money will inflate it a little, ; And we will cut a vein in it. ;