Song types: Table Song
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Thrace Evros, Paliouri Table Song Fable Song (Ballad)
In Constantinople I Heard the News
Στην Πόλη ήμουν κι έμαθα
I was in the City and heard my fairest was to wed,
that she had exchanged vows with another.
Mounting my horse, I set off h...
Peloponnese Table Song Historical Song
In the Heart of Kalávryta
In the heart of Kalávryta, beneath the great plane tree
old Zaimis sat, three old men a-sitting.
There were three old men t...
Central Greece Table Song Klephtic Song
Kítsos' Mother
Kitsos’ mother sat on the river bank
scolding the river.
Scolding the river and pelting it with stones.
‘River flow less, ...
Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Table Song Historical Song
Little Birds of the East
Πουλάκια της Ανατολής
English translation is not available. French translation follows:
Oiselets du levant
et rossignols du couchant,
rassemblez...
Sporades Skiathos Table Song Sad and Plaintive Song
O Black Dawn, Won't You Break
Δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή
Won’t you break, black dawn
so I can find peace, my jewel,
so I can find peace?
My eyes are close to dim…
My eyes are clo...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Table Song Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
They Took the City
They took the City, they took Salonika
and they took Haghia Sophia along with it.
And they took Haghia Sophia, the Great Mo...
Peloponnese Table Song Historical Song
Thirty Ships Prepared for Sea
Thirty ships were sailing towards Cape Malea and Hydra,
ten of them belonged to France and ten of them to England,
the othe...
Propontis Marmara Table Song | Couplets Party Song
Well Met
Καλώς ανταμωθήκαμε
Well met to all of us who love each other,
who are joyful for a while and of a glad heart.
Vré, off the beach
I’m chasing ...
Eastern Aegean Chios, Kalamoti Table Song Fable Song (Ballad)
With Child A-Mowing (The Maid and the Partridge)
Μια γκαστρωμένη θέριζε
A girl was mowing in a field of wheat
mowing with a child in her belly,
and as she baled she birthed
a golden eagle down o...
Macedonia Table Song Love Song
Yesterday or the Day Before Yesterday I Passed by
Εψές προυψές επέρασα
Constantinople Table Song Love Song
You Have Entangled Me
You have entangled me, you have,
like a bee,
I am fed up being your slave
and also your ransomer, my little one.
You have...