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Constantinople Couplets Love Song
Health to You, O Holy One
Έχε γεια Παναγιά - Καροτσιέρης
In Galatá a shower falls, a downpour in Tatávla.
The loveliest of all the girls is she who’s dressed in black.
It was nothi...
Epirus Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
How Do They Grind the Pepper (Explicit)
Πώς το τρίβουν το πιπέρι
How do they grind, good shepherdess, how do they grind the pepper,
how do they grind the pepper, those diabolic monks?
With...
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
Βλέπω καράβια κι έρχονται
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Skoutaro Swing Song, Children's Song
I Want to Climb up to the Top
Θέλω ν' ανέβω στα ψηλά
I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top
of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof.
I want to pi...
Propontis Sea and Sailors Song
I Want to Savour All the Months
Οι γυναίκες των ναυτικών
I want to savour all the months, I want to know them all,
but oh , not March, I can’t abide the dreadful month of March.
Th...
Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Sea and Sailors Song
I Went Aboard a Boat
I went aboard a boat but newly built,
aboard a boat but newly built, and landed at St George.
I sought the seaman, strong a...
Cyclades Naxos Couplets Philosophical Song, Carnival Song
It Is the Custom Every Year
Τούτες οι μέρες το ’χουνε
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
Cyclades Naxos Carnival Song, Philosophical Song
It Is the Custom Every Year
Τούτες οι μέρες το 'χουνε
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
Thrace Evros, Karoti Easter Song, Ritual Song
It’s Eastertime (Easter Dance)
Τώρα τις Πασχαλιόημιρις
It’s Eastertime, my lithe and lissome one, my lithe and lissome one,
the greatest of all feasts,
you fair-haired ones, you ...
Epirus Love Song
I’ll Be the Basil by Your Window
Βασιλικός θα γίνω
I’ll be the basil by your window,
I’ll stay unwed for your sake.
Come, come to me
and I’ll fill you with glee.
Come to th...
Dodecanese Kastellorizo Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
Just Like Easter Sunday
Σαν τη Mεγάλην Πασχαλιά
How wonderful if every day were just like Easter Sunday,
when girls put on their finery and dress as gentlefolk do.
Come on...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Kalomoiris and the Saracen (The Song of Armouris)
Kalomoiris' youngest boy was born at night,
in the night before the cock crowed.
On the very same night that he was born, h...
