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4. Az egri ménes mind szürke

Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1904–1905; BB 37)

Widely known melody: it is a popular art song included in the folk play Fityfiritty by Iván Relle, 1890.

Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Remarks:
Vö. Bárd/I, p. 49

Az egri ménes mind szürke,
Az egri kislány mind büszke,
Ha büszke, büszke, van néki mire,
Az egri ménes mind szürke.

The stud of Eger is all grey,
The girls of Eger are all proud.
If they are proud, they are rightly so,
The stud of Eger is all grey.