Traditional Hungarian folk song, a cappella. From a small village in Eastern Slovakia

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Original Hungarian:

Jaj, de sokat áztam-fáztam,
Mikor kapud elõtt álltam.
De már mostan megmelegszem,
Fehér dunnád alá fekszem.

Isten áldjon meg kendteket,
Ti csucsomi legényeket,
De azt se nem mindegyiket,
Csak akik engem szerettek.

Jaj, de csalárd ez a kakas,
Éjfélt kiált, hajnal hasad.
Szívem alól foly a patak,
Jaj, de jó legénynek adtak.


English translation:

Yay, I've been freezing so much
When I was standind in front of your door.
But now I will warm up,
I will lay under your white duvet.

God bless you,
You boys from Csucsom,
But not all of you,
Only those who have loved me.

Yay, this cock is cheating,
It cries Midnight, when the dawn is coming,
A stream is flowing from my heart,
Yay, I've been given to such a good boy.