Music Makers | Music makers, what’s up today

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Muzikanti

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG

Muzikanti co děláte,
aj, máte husle, a nehráte!

Zahréte mně na cimbále,
at' moja milá veselá je.

Zahréte mně na husličky,
a rozveselte ty dróžičky.

Zahréte mně na tó basu,
a rozveselte všecku chasu.

Zahréte mně všeci spolu,
a vyprovod'te mě až domu.

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), "Muzikanti" [ voice and piano ], from Moravská lidová poezie v písních, no. 50, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Music Makers", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-02
Line count: 10
Word count: 43

Music Makers

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

Music makers, what’s up today,
though you have a fiddle, you don’t play.

Play the dulcimer just for me,
my girl will be happy as can be.

Play the fiddle the best you can,
and the bridesmaids will be happy then.

Play that bass for me, nice and loud,
and you’ll bring good cheer to all the crowd.

Play for me, all of you the same,
follow me all the way to my home.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 74