Nitrany

The Wife Built into the Wall (Twelve Masons)

Song

Twelve masons, ; They gathered together, ; The castle of Magas Deva, ; To build it. ; ; To build it, ; Half a bushel of silver, ; Half a bushel of silver, ; Half a bushel of gold. ; ; For the castle of Magas Deva ; They also began, ; What they had built until noon, ; Collapsed by... Read More

This forest is thick with rosemary

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Dense rosemary, ; This forest, this forest, ; Tell me, little angel, tell me, little angel, ; Whom do you love, who do you love. ; ; No one else, ; Only you, only you. ; Your two red cheeks, your two red cheeks, ; Your two black eyes. ; ; There goes a woman, ; In a cloak, in a cl... Read More

The Outlaw's Travel Letter (Should I Run or Stop?) (I Fell Asleep on the Banks of the Tisza River)

Song

I fell asleep on the banks of the Tisza, ; Alas, but I had a sad dream. ; I had that one dream, ; Baby, I won't be yours. ; ; I woke up around midnight, ; Nine gendarmes stood above me. ; – Gendarmes, what do you want, ; Maybe you want to iron? ; ; – We don't want to iron, ; We c... Read More

There will be a fight (Bakony forest is in mourning)

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Bakony forest is in mourning, *) ; Sándor Rózsa is in prison. ; ; Still at noon on Thursday, ; He went whistling to the cellar. ; ; His mother-in-law followed him, ; – My son Sándor, come home. ; ; – I am not going home yet, ; I am bathing in blood today. ; ; – My mother-in-law, ... Read More

The sick woman (This little girl is sick)

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This little girl is sick, but sick, ; She doesn't drink milk, milk yet. ; She would drink water, there is no water, but there is no water, ; She would go to the well, but she can't, but she can't. ; ; Her mother went to her, her mother went, ; She sent her to the well, to the wel... Read More

The Hunter and His Daughter (Good morning, little girl)

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– You are a good girl, says the hunter. ; You are a good girl, what are you doing so early, ; In this forest, in this thicket? ; ; – I came to pick strawberries, says the girl. ; I came to pick strawberries, to look for a beautiful lover, ; In this forest, in this thicket. ; ; – ... Read More

Gentlemen, let's hear a word.

Song

1. Gentlemen, let me speak a word, I speak truth, ; I speak no jest, but reality, ; Give me, then, a little liberty, ; While I tell the story of holy marriage. ; ; 2. When God created Adam, ; He ordained holy marriage even then, ; He exposed one of his ribs to Adam, ; From which ... Read More

We didn't see a miller's kiss.

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We have not seen a miller's kiss, but we shall see it now; The bride kisses the groom now; If not now, not tomorrow; Not even the day after tomorrow. Read More

Don't think, Jozsi.

Song

Don't think, Józsi, that it will always be like this, ; If there are nine children in the corner. ; The pants will be narrow, the hoe will be heavy, ; Bread, father! Read More

Have a good day.

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1. Good day to this merry house, ; The bride is sad, the bride is sad, that ; She leaves her house here. ; ; 2. Woe to me, ; That I was brought up here, ; Now that I am going, now that I am going, ; My heart is sad. ; ; 3. I am going on another journey ; From my home, ; I follow ... Read More