Magyar párosító

Virág Erzsi az ágyát
Magasra vetette,
Kara István kalapját
Rajta felejtette.

"Hozd ki, Erzsi, kalapom,
Hadd tegyem fejembe,
Hogy ne nézzen minden lány
Ragyogó szemembe."

Ki is hozta kalapját,
Fejébe is tette,
Nem is nézett minden lány
Ragyogó szemébe.

Submitted by Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Magyar párosító", Sz. 107 no. 2, BB. 105 no. 2 [voice and piano], from Négy dal a Mikrokozmoszból (Four Songs from Mikrokosmos), no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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