L 214

5. Lad's Dance / Tanec mládencov

Village Scenes for female voice and piano (1924; BB 87a)

Recording:
TF_1516c
Collecting:
Pónik/Poniky (Zólyom/Zvolenská County), November 1915, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Zuzana Spišiaková (40)
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Slovakian

Source of stanza 1 of the words:

Collecting:
Pónik/Poniky (Zólyom/Zvolenská County), November 1915, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Zuzana Spišiaková (40)
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Slovakian

Poza búčky, poza peň,
Poďže bratu, poďže sem!
Poza búčky a klady,
Tancuj šuhaj za mlady!

Štyri kozy, piaty cap,
Kto vyskočí, bude chlap!
Ja by som bol vyskočil,
Ale som sa potočil.

Hojže, hojže od zeme!
Kto mi kozy zaženie?
A ja by ích bol zahnal,
Ale som sa vlka bál.

Beyond the hill, beyond the oak-wood,
Come, comrade, come here!
Under the oak of the hill,
Dance while you are young!

Four goats, the fifth is a buck,
Whoever jumps is a man!
I would have jumped
But instead I lurched.

Hop, friend, jump up,
Who will drive in my goats?
I would drive them in
If I weren’t afraid of the wolf.