Nyékvárkony
Every mother raises her son with milk and butter
Song
A mother raises her son with milk and butter, ; She watches in tears as her son is drafted into the army, ; Three doctors visit him, the fourth writes, ; Don't cry, dear little angel, I won't be a soldier. ; ; A swallow has landed on the barracks of Terezín, ; Under its wing, und...
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The stork landed on the Terezin barracks
Song
The stork landed on the Terezin barracks, ; He brought water in his beak for the recruits. ; Wash yourselves, recruits, because you are dusty, ; Only God knows when you will be released. ; ; When I started to drill, the rifle was the first, ; The furrier cried, his tears fell lik...
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They spend their mornings from my warm bed
Song
They sing from my warm bed in the morning, ; Just then I was dreaming about my old baby. ; In my dreams I was talking, they were drafted, yet I didn't cry, ; They were drafted, soldiers, I'll leave my baby here. ; ; By the Danube, by the Danube there is a round forest, ; In the m...
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The Enchanted Princess and the Soldier
Tale
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