Music from Hungary - Deben Bhattacharya rec. 1963-67

Music from Hungary - The Living Tradition

Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya

Argo Record Co. - ZFB 49 - P.1971

Side A

"Village Traditions"

A1 Csardas — slow and fast

a) Megérett a fakete cseresznye — The cherries are getting ripe

b) Szörkesztyü — The woolen gloves

A2 Song for Ring dance - Badogozzák a Pilisi templomot

A3 In the Green Wood - Zöld erdöben

A4 Pigherd's Dances

a) Pigherd's Dance

b) Esteledik a faluna — The evening comes to the village.

c) Hol lakik kend Báosi — Where does uncle live?

A5 Pigherd's Dances

a) Kanásztáne

b) Gyöngyömnek 100 forint ar ára — The price of my pearl is 100 florins

A6 Two Melodies on Bagpipes

a) Kukorica Csutája — Corn on the cob

b) Este virágzik a repee — In the evening the yellow blossom blooms

A7 Song of Szebeny

De sáros és porzik a szép Szebényi utea — How muddy; how dusty is the road to Szebén

A8 Love Songs from Ccárdas dance

a) Háromszinü sözre van a lovamnak — My horse has haor on its skin in three colours

b) Este késön koálltam a kiskapuba egy dül — Late in the evening I stood alone I stood alone at the small side-door.

A9 Wedding Song and Dance

— Máma tedd rá, holnap tedd rá — Mother how early must I leave you?

A10 Love Song

— Csütörtökön este… Thursday evening I was down at the end of the village.

A11 Fergsteges (Storm) — dance

Side B

"The Gypsies"

B1 Ciganytánc

— Two Cimbaloms

B2 Shepherd's Melody

— Juhászlegeny. Szegény. Juhászlegeny

B3 Gyors Csárdás — fast Csárdás

B4 The Rain

— Esik esö fuj a szél — The rain rains and the wind blows.

B5 Gyors Csardas — fast dance

"The Csango Hungarians"

B6 The Ballad of the Three Orphans

— Kaszálomba van egy nyirfa…

— In my grass field there is a birch three.

B7 Old Csardas

— Cicéles levélbül — Played on a pair of green pear leaves!

B8 Lullaby — Babaalitó

B9 Bride's song

— Készüjj Szep Leány Készujj

— Prepare yourself beautiful girl, prepare yourself.

B10 Kecsketanc — Goat dance,

Another installment in the "Deben goes to Eastern Europe" series. Next and last from Hungary for the time being, will be the Ocora. as always I hope you enjoy! Don't miss the tune played on green pear leaves B7!

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