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Márta Sebestyén/Muzsikás - My Sweet Gregory (live) - Édes Gergelem

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Uploaded by on May 28, 2010

Márta Sebestyén/Muzsikás - My Sweet Gregory (live)

In Romanian Moldavia there is a isolated group of ethnic Hungarians known as the Moldavian Csángó people. The Moldavian Csángó Hungarian language is known to preserve a much older form of Hungarian than the Hungarian spoken today in Hungary.

Folk music is still alive and dances are very popular among young Hungarians as you can see in many dance houses in Budapest and in other towns.


This is a live recording of a concert at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary.



Lyrics in approximate English:

When Gregory was a bachelor, he used to be my lover,
My sweet Gregory, Gregory my dear one

When he was a bachelor, he used to have a walnut stick
My sweet Gregory, Gregory my dear one

He played music, I danced, I was such a sweet girl
My sweet Gregory, Gregory my dear one

My slippers were clapping, my ribbons were rustling
My sweet Gregory, Gregory my dear one

Hey hop here, hop there and hey hop there
Hey hop between your legs iha haha ha

Gregory cut the bacon, Kati fried the pancakes
My sweet Gregory, Gregory my dear one

We did not get the duty right, they scolded our mothers
My sweet Gregory, Gregory my dear one

Resze resze resze te
Speckled little chicken
You lured me into the hemp-field
And left me in a long chemise




Lyrics in approximate Hungarian:

mikor Gergely legény vót, ő nékem szeretőm vót
édes Gergelem, kedves Gergelem

mikor Gergely legény vót, diófábul botja vót
édes Gergelem, kedves Gergelem

Gergely sültült, én táncoltam, jaj, be kedves lányka voltam
édes Gergelem, kedves Gergelem

papucskáim pattogtak, pántlikáim zurrogtak
édes Gergelem, kedves Gergelem

s hopp ide es s hopp túl es
hopp a lábod közi es iha haha ha

Gergely vágta e szalonnát, Kati sütte e placsintát
édes Gergelem kedves Gergelem

s nem jól vettük e vámot, s megszidták ez anyánkot
édes Gergelem, kedves Gergelem

resze resze resze te
kendermagos csürkecske
kicsalál e kenderbe
s otthagyál egy pendelybe

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  • The dancers at 2:14 look like Romanian Călușarii. Are there also Romanians in the video?

    Not that I would mind if they did appear in those pictures.

  • This is really funny: "Gregory cut the bacon, Kati fried the pancakes"

  • @csiszku1 :) egyetértek :) visszagondolva,úgy egyhe 17éve,amikor is /talán valamelyi kpesti táncháztalálkozónak hála :)/ szembesultem azzal is,hogy a magyar népzenének bizony ilyen vad, osi ritmusai is vannak,mint a moldvaiak és csángók, szinte nyomban elolvadtam,pontosabban bevadultam...azóta stabilan hozzám a legkozelebb álló ritmusok,hiába nôttem fel teljesen más tájegységek népzenéjén :) /gyokereim a Bodrogkozhoz kotnek :)/

  • Ebből a vad génből kénne rengeteg a magyarságnak!

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