Kolon, Kolony

The one who speaks is dead (Dawn, dawn)

Song

Dawn is breaking, dawn is breaking, ; But it is not dawning well, ; From the border of Zsíręj, ; No good news is heard. ; ; They killed a young man, ; For ten or twenty forints, ; They put him in the Tisza, ; For two gray horses. ; ; The Tisza did not take him, ; He put him on th... Read More

Ferrymen's Song (Hëj rívísz rívísz)

Song

– Hey, rívísz, rívísz, ; Young Hungarian rívísz, ; Take it across the ship. ; I give it to you, to you, ; I certainly give it to you ; My silk scarf. ; ; – Not for my childish pleasure, ; My love, ; My sad heart. ; Not for my childish pleasure, ; My love, ; My sad heart. ; ; – He... Read More

Priest Dance (Let the priest dance)

Song

--Priest, go dance, ; I will give you a beautiful foal. ; -- I don't go, I don't know, ; It's not fitting, it's not allowed, ; A priest should go dance. ; ; – Priest, go dance, I will give you a stack of wheat. ; – I don't go, I don't know, ; It's not fitting, it's not allowed, ;... Read More

Imre Bogár (The Tisza River is Troubled)

Song

The Tisza is turbulent, ; It does not want to calm down. ; That famous Imre Bogár, ; He wants to go by. ; ; His bridle is silver, ; His bridle is gold, ; A pink ribbon of my hair, ; The handle of his bridle. ; ; – The innkeeper hears, ; Here are ten liters of wine! ; I will make ... Read More

Rabenek (The big iron door is already ringing)

Song

The big iron door is already ringing, ; Perhaps the jailer is coming. ; He is visiting my iron, ; He is so happy about my captivity. ; ; – Tell my mother again to the gendarme, ; He should not be happy about my captivity. ; Because if he is happy about my captivity, ; A knife is ... Read More

Local Murder Stories (What Happened in Pëlísë in Kiskolony)

Song

What happened in the small colony of Pëlísé, ; Thus a little girl was killed by the most cunning. ; A bullet pierced her heart, ; She fell into the arms of her lover. ; ; When this girl's friends heard, ; They mourned the dead body of poor Vërus. ; Sad news, they told her good mo... Read More

The Sheep Girl and the Shepherd Boy (Baron Endrë's Window is Open)

Song

Baron Endrë's window is open, ; The young lady is now leaning out of it. ; The most gluttonous shepherd is still blowing his horn, ; A whisper is heard at Baron Endrë's window. ; ; Baron Endrë saddles his horse, ; He goes around his nearest farm. ; He asks the shepherd in tears, ... Read More

The murderer surrenders himself (To the base of the trembling poplar tree on the Tisza)

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Beyond the Tisza, at the base of a trembling poplar tree, ; A little girl sits on the lap of Brown Hansel. ; One looks at the foam on the Tisza, ; Another looks at the burning stars. ; ; Brown Hansel was asked by his baby, ; To send his sweet mother to the other world. ; The fiel... Read More

The sick woman (This little girl is sick)

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This little girl, she is sick, she is sick. ; She can't drink her tea, her tea. ; She would drink water, there is no water, oh, there is no water, ; There is no one to send her to the well, there is no one. ; ; She has a mother, a mother, ; She sent her to the well, to the well. ... Read More

We gathered here for a big feast

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We gathered here for a big meal, ; A big smoky kitchen, ; We gathered here, there is no one, ; We went down, there is nothing. Read More