Our Pretty Little Garden | Please lend us your sharp little axe

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Zahrádečka

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG

Požčajte nám sekerenky
nuže nuže nuž,
požčajte nám sekerenky
hajdudy na dudy dúž.

Nač vám bude sekerenka?
nuže nuže nuž,
nač vám bude sekerenka?
hajdudy ny dudy dúž.

Budem sekat prúteničko,
nuže nuže nuž,
budem sekat prúteničko,
hajdudy na dudy dúž.

Nač vám bude prúteničko?
nuže nuže nuž,
nač vám bude prúteničko?
hajdudy ny dudy dúž.

Budem plésti zahrádečku
nuže nuže nuž,
budem plésti zahrádečku
hajdudy na dudy dúž.

Nač vám bude zahrádečka?
nuže nuže nuž,
nač vám bude zahrádečka?
hajdudy ny dudy dúž.

Budem seti kvíteníčko
nuže nuže nuž,
budem seti kvíteníčko
hajdudy na dudy dúž.

Nač vám bude kvíteníčko?
nuže nuže nuž,
nač vám bude kvíteníčko?
hajdudy ny dudy dúž.

Młádenečkom na pérečko
nuže nuže nuž,
młádenečkom na pérečko
hajdudy na dudy dúž.

Text 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 Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928), "Zahrádečka" [ voice and piano ], from Moravská lidová poezie v písních, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Our Pretty Little Garden", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-07-13
Line count: 36
Word count: 125

Our Pretty Little Garden

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

Please lend us your sharp little axe,
nonny nonny no,
please lend us your sharp little axe,
hey nonny hey nonny no.

What use is a sharp little axe?
nonny nonny no,
what use is a sharp little axe?
hey nonny hey nonny no.

For to cut us a little branch 
nonny nonny no,
for to cut us a little branch,
hey nonny hey nonny no.

What use will be your little branch?
nonny nonny no,
what use will be your little branch?
hey nonny hey nonny no.

We will weed our little garden,
nonny nonny no,
we will weed our little garden,
hey nonny hey nonny no.

What use is your little garden?
nonny nonny no,
what use is your little garden?
hey nonny hey nonny no.

We’ll be planting pretty flowers,
nonny nonny no,
we’ll be planting pretty flowers,
hey nonny hey nonny no.

What use are your pretty flowers? 
nonny nonny no,
what use are your pretty flowers?
hey nonny hey nonny no.

They will garland the young lads’ hats,
nonny nonny no,
they will garland the young lads’ hats,
hey nonny hey nonny no.

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Based on:

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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 36
Word count: 188