Our town, Tvrdošín, is situated in the north of Slovakia, in the region called Orava. We voted for three songs which best represent our country and region. These are the winning ones:

Dievčatko oravskô (Little Girl form Orava) - music by Ema Š. family, photo of our student Eva D. by Mariana M. 

Lyrics:

Little Girl from Orava, come with me to the master's field, under Orava castle to plant marjoram.

Little Girl from Orava, you used to be my girlfriend, you used to be my girlfriend, now, you'll be my wife

Youtube version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbyu15nXn5E

Na Orave dobre (It is good in Orava) - music by Patrik D.

Lyrics:

It is good in Orava, it is healthy in Orava, but in Orava there are few handsome boys. 

There are few handsome boys and they resist to be loved, but I am used to doing it till the morning. 

I live in the upper end, and I have a boyfriend in the lower one. I go to the middle of the village to fetch water.

I don't fetch water to drink it, but I go there to see my boyfriend. 

Youtube versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIgYx9awfxs

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By4-8dOzWes

Na Kráľovej holi (On King's mountain) 

Lyrics: (a boy is saying goodbye before going to war)

On King's mountain, a green tree is standing. Its top is leaning towards the Slovak land. 

Give a message from me to my mother that my "wedding" in on the King's mountain.

Give a message from me to my friends, I won't go with them after girls anymore.

The strars in the sky will be my maids and the cannonball will be my "wife"! 

Youtube version by Kollárovci:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VXUITOgPhE 

And this is a Christmas and New Year song, sung mostly around New Year's Eve - Radujte sa valasi (Rejoice, you shepherds) - music by Tatiana P. family, photo by Žofia D. 

Lyrics: 

Rejoice you shepherds near Betlehem, that we all have survived in good health untill the last day of this year.

And we have lived till the new year, so, everybody get ready, we will go to Betlehem to welcome our Lord.

We will thank him for keeping us well, and in our life all the time, that we can be in his "chalet".

Give us, oh God, a plentiful year. Turn away plague, hunger and wars. Chase away the wolves from the "chalet", so that the sheep graze well. 

Youtube version (by our local musicians) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7yyLn-SsQ