I went out to the threshing floor.

1. I went out to the threshing floor, ; I lay down on the ground, ; Like a wandering youth, ; In the shadow of a haystack. ; ; 2. I looked at the blue sky, ; The passing clouds, ; Oh, if I could go with them, ; I would never come back here. ; ; 3. Why did you give birth to me, ; My mother, to be an orphan, ; I became a servant, ; So my life is bitter. ; ; 4. I sleep like a wild boar among cattle, ; And if I don't watch over ; My master's cattle, ; He will beat me to death. ; ; 5. If only I had a white shirt, ; If my boots creaked, ; The girls would see, ; What a scoundrel I am. ; ; 6. A hat is spinning on my head, ; A rose smells beside it, ; Many girls would look at me, ; As many as are here, any. ; ; 7. I wish I were a swallow, ; I would fly far away from here, ; Across the sea, to a better world, ; I would not wear the mockery of a servant.