Stephen - a Rusyn folk song by a Slovakia band called Hrdza

Stephen - a Rusyn folk song adapted and performed by a Slovakia-based band called Hrdza. The song comes from the cross-border region of north-east Slovakia, south-east Poland and western Ukraine. 

Hrdza - Stephen

Rusyn traditional, adapted by Susanna Jara/Szymon Piotrowski
Produced by Slavomír Gibarti
Recorded by Martin Migaš
Mixed & Mastered by Samuel Pospíšil

The video was made on 21-22 November 2018 in the Sliezsky dom hotel in the High Tatras, www.sliezskydom.sk/

Director/camera/script/editing: Jaroslav “Jaris” Vaľko
Choreography: Zuzana Kopkášová (Dance studio NOISE)
Camera operator: Matúš Chovanec

Dancers:
Alexandra Borisová (FS Dúbrava)
Samuel Kekeľ (FS Šarišan)
Veronika Holdová (FS Dúbrava)
Soňa Janigová (FS Dúbrava)
Lukáš Popadič (FS Dúbrava)
Filip Zbihlej (FS Šarišan)

Hrdza:
Susanna Jara
Lucia Gibarti 
Slavomír Gibarti
Dominik Maniak
Matej Palidrab
Pavol Boleš
Marek Szarvaš  

Stephen

I fell in love with Stephen 
I fell in love just with him
Let me, mummy, marry him!

Heya, hoya, heya, heya, hoya
Let me marry, my mum! 

When he looks at me I faint
How long I‘ve been waiting for him
I can’t say!

Heya, hoya, heya, heya, hoya
Let me marry, my mum! 

Because I have, dear mummy 
Chosen just him
Because I couldn’t fall in love
With any other boys

Heya, hoya, heya, heya, hoya
Let me marry, my mum! 

Get married, girls, when boys propose to you
Let not evil tongues 
Slander you in the village!