from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation Singable translation by Rosa Harriet Jeaffreson Newmarch (1857 - 1940)

Čie sa to ovečky na tom grúne pasú?
Language: Slovak (Slovenčina) 
Čie sa to ovečky na tom grúne pasú? 
To sú Janíkové, čo ho vešať idú.

A keď ho už viedli cez to šíré pole, 
milá naňho volá: vráť sa, srdce moje!

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Say, who is the owner of those sheep on...
Language: English  after the Slovak (Slovenčina) 
Say, who is the owner of those sheep on the hill?
Ah, the flock is Jenik's, outlaw Jenik, who now to the gallows must go.

Now they lead poor Jenik thro' the wide grassy fields,
and his true love calls him, Jenik, come back, oh come back, my dear heart!

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From the Novák score.


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