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Asia Minor Smyrna Couplets Love Song
The Widow
Widow, change your name, don't let them call you widow,
for you make my eyes weep night and day.
But why don't tell us
the...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Meli Couplets Love Song, Wedding Song
The Young Meliots
Τα Μελιωτάκια
Two young Meliots got up to dance the syrtos,
they will ask us for songs and commendations.
Come, let us go over there and ...
Asia Minor Couplets Love Song
There Are Hearts That Laugh
Είναι καρδιές όπου γελούν
There are hearts that laugh, there are hearts that weep;
there are hearts that ache, but don’t speak of pain.
Oh, come, my ...
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Mandamados Love Song
This Lovely Summer...
Φέτο το καλοκαιράκι
This lovely summer that is past,
this lovely summer that is past,
áde, this lovely summer that is past
I hunted for a litt...
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Mandamados Couplets Love Song, Sad and Plaintive Song
To Whom Then Shall I Tell My Woe
Τίνος να πω τον πόνο μου
To whom then shall I tell my woe, who will not sigh or groan?
Even the tight-lipped stone itself would shed a silent tear.
...
Peloponnese Love Song, Wedding Song
Up Upon the Rose
Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά
The partridge built her nest
amàn amàn, high up upon the rose-bush
And the startled partridge started,
and the roses to th...
Peloponnese Love Song
Vassilo Kalamatiani
Βασίλω Καλαματιανή
Hey there, Vassílo, o lass from Kalamáta, ah...
Vasso, my dear Vassílo,
hey there, o lass from Mikrománi.
Oh tut, my dear ...
Epirus Love Song
Virginada
Βιργινάδα
A tree… hai hai, Virginada
I had a tree in my yard
I had a tree in my yard
for solace, my love.
Its leaves grow green
it...
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Processional Tune | Couplets Love Song, Wedding Song
Wake up My Black Eyed One (The Grasses of the Earth)
Wake up my black eyed one I’ve come to your neighbourhood,
I have brought you a golden tress to plait your hair.
Your black...
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
We Kissed Each Other in the Night
We kissed each other in the night, and who could see us then?
I’ll tell you, dear, the star saw us, and dawn saw us as well....
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Couplets Love Song
What Ails You, Crow
Τι έχεις μαύρε κόρακα
What ails you, crow, that your wings have blackened?
If it’s your heart that aches, come weep with me.
’Twas for you and me...
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Couplets Love Song
What Did I Do to You, My Sun
Ήλιε μου, ίντα σου ’καμα
What did I do to you, my sun, what did I do?
What did I do and now you’re set on setting?
Tourna, tourna, tourna
there’s a...
Thrace Love Song
When I Was a Lad
Αντά ’μαν παλικάρι
When I was a lad, twelve years of age
l walked on iron and turned it to water,
I walked on marble and turned it to dust.
T...