I fell asleep on the banks of the Tisza River.

I fell asleep on the banks of the Tisza, ; I dreamed of gendarmes. ; And when I woke up, ; Nine gendarmes stood above me. ; ; Gendarme gentlemen, what do you want, ; Maybe you want to iron? ; We don't want to iron, ; To buy a brave colt. ; ; My brave colt is not for sale, ; It's not even fit for a gendarme. ; Because if a gendarme sat on it, ; Even the world would be a prisoner.