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20 Responses to “Can Anyone Help with Two Czech or Slovak Songs?”

1. Hana Says:
   November 11th, 2011 at 4:00 pm

   Hi Yeal

   You can hear the first song here:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqNWyBRto1k

   Pod tým naším okénečkem

   Pod tým naším okénečkem
   bývá velký mráz.
   A v tej našej studánečke
   není vody zas.

   Vezmem si já sekérečku,
   prerubem tu studánečku
   a v tej našej studánečke
   bude vody zas.

   Pod tým naším okénečkem
   z bílej růže květ.
   Pověz že mi, moja milá,
   co ťa mrzí svět.

   A mňa ten svět nic nemrzí,
   a mňa ten svět nic nemrzí,
   jen mňa moje srdce bolí,
   plakala bych hned.

   Pod tým naším okénečkem
   bílá lilija.
   Pověz že mi, moja milá,
   kdo k vám chodívá.

   A k nám nikdo nechodívá,
   a k nám nikdo nechodívá,
   lebo sa ňa každý bojí,
   že som chudobná.

2. Yael Says:
   November 11th, 2011 at 11:48 pm

   Thank you so much, Hana! I was moved to tears when I heard the song again after so many years. Is it in Slovak? Can you please tell me what the words mean? With much appreciation, Yael.

3. Hana Says:
   November 13th, 2011 at 6:24 am

   Hi Yeal

   Is it possible to write more about the second song?

   The first song is about a sad girl.
   It is possible to find the first song in different regional dialects. I am not sure if it is Slovak or Moravian song.

   Under our (little) window (Pod tým naším okénečkom)

   Under our (little) window
   there is a big frost.
   And in our (little) well (-spring)
   there is no water again. (meaning there is ice there)

   I am going to take my (little) axe
   and cut through into the well
   and in our (little) well
   there will be water again,.

   Under our (little) window
   there is a white rose.
   Tell me, my Darling,
   why you don’t like the world?

   It is not true that I do not like the world
   It is not true that I do not like the world
   Only My heart hurts (and I feel alone)
   so I would like to cry now(I just want to cry right now).

   Under our (little) window
   there is a white lily.
   Tell me, my Darling,
   who comes to visit you?

   Nobody visits us
   Nobody visits us
   Everyone is afraid of me
   because I’m poor.

4. Yael Says:
   November 14th, 2011 at 1:04 am

   Hi Hana,

   Thank you very much for the translation. Beautiful words, but so sad!

   There is not much more that I remember about the second song. I remember my grandmother telling me it is about the sea, about how the tide will come up and the sea will take the child away with it. She would rock me on her knees as she sang to me. But I may not be remembering this correctly – this was almost 40 years ago!

   Best regards,
   Yael.

5. Hana Says:
   November 14th, 2011 at 4:18 pm

   I am really sorry but I do not know the second song. I understand that it is not easy for you but maybe you remember next words or lines.
   I am not giving up.

6. Kate Says:
   December 7th, 2011 at 6:09 pm

   Hi, I’m pretty sure it’s a slovak song

7. Melas Says:
   December 13th, 2013 at 9:15 am

   Hi.

   I’m from Czech Republic.
   It is very nice and interesting to see your efforts to identify the song. :-)

   The song “Pod tým naším okénečkem” is Moravian dialect, but it is very close to the Slovak.

   For about a week I try to get to know the second song. Unfortunately, I do not know. If it’s for you, even after two years, interesting, you can write more details.

   Bye.

   PS: very interesting website. I’m glad I found them. Thanks

8. Karen Says:
   January 17th, 2016 at 3:21 am

   Does anyone know an old Slovak song about a hunter who mistakenly shoots Marishka, thinking it was a fox?

9. Hana Says:
   April 7th, 2016 at 9:36 am

   Hi Karen

   The song “U starej Břeclavi na hrázi”:

   U starej Břeclavi na hrázi,
   mysliveček sa tam procházi.
   [:Střelil na líšku, trefil Maryšku,
   Maryška už leží na bříšku.:]

   2.
   Jak sa mi milá hezká zdáš,
   budeš-li taková až se vdáš,
   [:ještě pěknější, můj najmilejší,
   vem si mě, vem si mě uhlídáš.:]

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCA4980pKLI

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul5gzd7XwU0

   Hana

10. Kitsmiller Says:
    June 23rd, 2019 at 10:07 pm

    Saw this post and had a song of my own I’ve been trying to find. It was a 45 Slovak record my grandmother had. The song (phonetically) was “she-ell”. Remember very few lyrics, but she-ell, she-ell ba ba ba ba ba oh she-ell she-ell…. And so on. It’s not much to go on but it’s driving me nuts trying to find the song so I’m hoping someone might know what I’m talking about… Thanks.

11. Nina Donovan Says:
    November 17th, 2019 at 5:47 pm

    I’m looking for the lyrics to the Slovak Song of the Hay Harvesters. My father was Slovak, and my paternal grandparents came over from Slovakia in the 1900’s. My father has passed away, but he used to sing his “haying” song for us. I would love to know the lyrics.

12. Hana Says:
    January 18th, 2020 at 8:03 pm

    Hi Donovan

    What about this song:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNwdE-uF6uw
    Anička, dušička, kde si bola

    Hana

13. Hana Says:
    January 18th, 2020 at 8:09 pm

    Hi Kitsmiller

    maybe your song is this one:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_uIOaePBE

    Karol Duchoň-Šiel, šiel

    Hana

14. Hana Says:
    January 21st, 2020 at 6:54 am

    Message for Kitsmiller:

    This could be interesting for you:

    English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cep325zpo6E
    French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5QAQFdZgYU
    Slovak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Ex9q1Mazw

15. Lisa Says:
    February 1st, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    John Kovach wrote:

    I am looking for the lyrics of a song my father sang to me when my siblings and I were children. It is a song about a young girl looking into a pool of water and she sees her reflection. I think the name of the song is “Pri Stu Jenke”. I probably butchered the spelling. Hopefully someone will have enough information to recognize what I am looking for. If possible could someone provide the Slovak lyrics and the English translation?

    Thank you.

16. Hana Says:
    February 7th, 2020 at 3:38 pm

    Hi Lisa

    I know only Czech version : “U studánky sedela” but the girl in this version sees a little fish in the water
    John Kovach wrote :Pri studenke –

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_XmSZEgTo

    Maybe this song: Včera u studánky

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzRuaQZlKjk

    Hana

17. Lisa Says:
    February 7th, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    Thanks Hana!

18. Ann McIntire Says:
    September 24th, 2020 at 10:04 am

    I’m so excited to have found the song Pod tým naším okénečkem! I used to sing some of the lyrics with my Nana. She always said the song was Czech. Some of the words sound different from how she sang them, but it’s pretty close.

19. Laszlo Says:
    December 31st, 2023 at 6:06 pm

    Hi,
    I have a most probably Czech song in my head from my childhood, but I don’t know the words and how it got there. It is a recurring song with 2 or 4 lines and there are words that sounds like: a bi kopu ribu, proch?, protozeja riba, riba. If it makes sense for someone can reply me please.
    Thanks

20. Hana Says:
    January 9th, 2024 at 10:58 am

    Hi Laszo

    Máma mi dala korunu abych koupil rybu,
    a já místo ryby, ryby koupil velerybu.
    Co dělá ryba? Ocasem hýbá!
    Proč, proč ? Protože je ryba, ryba!

    You can hear it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nps7-nGpGig

    Hana

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