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Maria Siwiec - an outstanding singer from Gałki Rusinowskie who has memorised hundreds of secular and religious songs and special dance songs, from which musicians develop melodies and the whole rich content of their mazureks. She belongs to the most famous vocal group from the Radomskie region. She is one of our Great Teachers.
*Guest performance on Janusz Prusinowski Trio (now Kompania) album "Knee-Deep in Heaven".
Mazurek about Love
Oh, beloved God, are you there in heaven,
Do these pleas of mine ever reach you there?
Down the village road walked a girl with a prayer
That she’d finally meet some boy, even one that’s lame.
Shine, my little moon, for my star has faded,
And that dark night found me at my girl’s place.
The night was so dark, in the darkness I got caught.
What a foolish girl I am, couldn’t wait till daylight.
Oh, my life’s so hard, I didn’t sow the land,
So the girl I love shouldn’t work too hard.
Oh, my love, my love, I wish you never got me,
For this wretched love makes my eyes still weep.
The moon shines for you, and the stars shine for me,
For you’re only loved by one, but everyone loves me.
In the dark hall, on a ladder, a black cockerel perched,
I would kiss your lips if they remained sealed.
I would kiss your lips if they remained sealed,
Let it be our little secret, and let no one know it.
Oh, I have no money, but what is money for?
I can’t take it up to heaven, I don’t need it there.
Oh, I do and I don’t, I can’t have what I want,
But I’ll have what I want when Johnny comes home.
Oh, my heart splits in two, in two halves it breaks,.
One half cries in sorrow, but the other is joyous.
Oh, so sad is my heart, but it’s also proud.
Oh, I never could forget who my first love was.
Oh, da dana…
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