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HOREHRONSKY CZARDAS

(learned from Anatol Joukowsky in about 1958)

To ta Hel'pa, to ta Hel'pa
    (You town Helpa, you town Helpa)
To je pekne mesto.
    (You're a pretty city.)
Av te Hel'pe, av te Hel'pe
    (In you, Helpa, in you, Helpa)
Svarnich' chlapkov je sto.
    (There are handsome boys!)
\\Koho je sto, toho je sto,
    (There are many, there are many)
Nie po mojej voli
    (But not to my liking.)
Len za jednim, len za jednim,
    (After just one, after just one)
Srdiečko ma boli.\\
    (I've got an aching head.)

Za Janičkom, za Paličkom
    (After Johnny, after Paulie)
Krok bych nespravila
    (I'd take no more footsteps.)
Za Duričkom, za Mišičkom
    (After Derrick, after Misha,)
Dunaj preskočila.
    (I'd jump over Donau!) (the Danube)
\\Dunaj, Dunaj, Dunaj, Dunaj,
    (Mother Donau, Mother Donau,)
Aj to širo pole
    (And the widest fi-elds.)
Len za jednim, len za jednim,
    (After just one, after just one)
Potešenie moje!\\
    (My joy, my sweetheart!)

(from miriam berg's folk dance song collection)