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Lyrics
The evening star has set, the morning star arisen
but back home from school my boy still isn’t.
The evening star for company, the moon to light his way,
and the bright morning star to save him from dismay.
The teacher was shouting and brandishing his cane
for Yannis couldn’t give a rooster’s tail about using his brain
His father got angry and gave him a piece of his mind:
– Yannis, wisen up,
you’ve less sense than forty roosters combined!
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
Original Lyrics
Η Πούλια εβασίλεψε
Η Πούλια εβασίλεψε κι ο Αυγερινός εφάνη
και το παιδί μου στο σχολειό κι ακόμα δεν εφάνη.
Το φεγγαράκι του ’φεγγε κι η Πούλια του μιλούσε
κι ο Αυγερινός ο λαμπερός μου το παρηγορούσε.
Ο δάσκαλος το μάλωνε με μια ψιλή βεργίτσα,
τα γράμματα τα φόρτωνε στου κόκορα τ’ν ουρίτσα.
Αφέντης του το μάλωνε, βάλε μυαλό βρε Γιάννη,
γιατί σαράντα κόκοροι μας κάνουν ένα Γιάννη.
Information
- Region: Eastern Aegean
- Area: Ikaria, Fournoi
- Type: Recitation
- Categories: Children's Song
- Duration: 00:29
Collaborators
- Singer: Lambrini Skoura
- Informant (source of the song): Thalia Spanou
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Recording information
Studio recording, 2005.
Domna Samiou taped the song in Athens, sung by Thalia Spanou, who originates from Fournoi, Ikaria, in '80s.