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by Edmund Wasilewski (1814 - 1846)

Krakowiaczek
 (Sung text for setting by S. Moniuszko)
 See original
Language: Polish (Polski) 
Wesół i szczęśliwy,
  Krakowiaczek ci ja!
A mój konik siwy,
  Raźno się uwija;
Uwijaj się raźno bież,
Kopytkami ognia krzesz!

Czapeczka czerwona
  Na głowie mi płonie,
Pokazuje ona,
  Że mi gore włonie,
Gore serce, pędzi koń,
Ledwie go wstrzymuje dłoń.

Z czapki pawie pióro
  Barwami się mieni,
Jak dzionek za chmurą
  Gdy go świt zrumieni:
Dumnie błyszczy pawi puch,
I ja dumny -- i ja zuch!

Krakowiaczek ci ja,
  Pędzę sobie żwawo,
Ktokolwiek mnie mija, 
sypnę  w twarz kurzawą!
Bo ja pan, bo ja król!
Wśród zielonych niw i pól!

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Stanisław Moniuszko (1819 - 1872), "Krakowiaczek", stanzas 1-4

Text Authorship:

  • by Edmund Wasilewski (1814 - 1846), "Krakowiak", appears in Poezye, first published 1849

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 142

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