Polish folk song title?

April 11, 2013 11:42 PM

Hi all. This is a recording me playing a Polish folk song on a shakuhachi. The only title for it I have is in Japanese ("Let's Go to the Woods, Little Girl" (!)), but I would like to find more recordings of it. Can anybody identify this song? Thanks!
posted by zachawry to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Best answer: I think it's "Szła dzieweczka do Laseczka" ( random youtube ). My Polish is terrible but I believe it translates to something like "a young lady goes to the woods".
posted by samj at 3:04 AM on April 12, 2013

Response by poster: Excellent, thank you!

All I had was the shakuhachi notation, so it's hard to tell if I was getting the feel of the piece.

(And boy am I glad it's "A young lady goes to the woods," and not "Let's go to the woods, young lady.")
posted by zachawry at 3:25 AM on April 12, 2013

This is a recording of Polish folk ensemble "Śląsk" performing this song during a concert.
posted by hat_eater at 9:09 AM on April 12, 2013

(And boy am I glad it's "A young lady goes to the woods," and not "Let's go to the woods, young lady.")

Don't worry, the young lady meets a "very fine hunter" in the third line of the song's first stanza.
posted by Nomyte at 4:19 PM on April 12, 2013 [1 favorite]