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Asia Minor Fable Song (Ballad)
A Maid from Evripο
Μια κόρη από την Εύριπου
A maid from Evripo sought to set sail,
she sought to make passage.
She sought to make the passage to the far shore
and pai...
Dodecanese Rhodes Love Song, Wedding Song
A Partridge I Did Tame
Πέρτικαν εμέρωνα
A partridge I did tame, through April ‘til May came,
the tamer she became, the more she did complain.
All afire deep inside...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Sea and Sailors Song, Lament
A Sailor-Lads A-Dying
I heard the shouting and the cries, they filled the Cyprus straits.
I thought they must be slaughtering bulls or taming some...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Andronikos and the Princess
Ο Ανδρόνικος και η ρήγισσα
Famed Andronikos, who was born and raised in riches,
started school on the 6th of the month and could read by the 7th.
By t...
Central Greece Klephtic Song
Androútsos' Mother
Androutsos’ mother is glad,
Androutsos’ mother is glad and Diakos’ proud
For they have warriors and captains for sons
who ...
Epirus Klephtic Song
At Tserítsiana’s Well
At the well of Tserítsiana,
in the heart of the land, hail fine fellows,
there were Bulubasiades watching.
There were Bulu...
Central Greece Love Song
Beam, Moon Dear
Come on shine, dear moon,
beam, moon dear, light the way to my love.
Beam high and low, for it's muddy and wet;
beam still...
Pontus Wedding Song
Close to Daybreak
Σιμά σα ξημερώματα
Close to daybreak, dawn’s crack in the East,
the Morning Star aloft, first light near at hand.
The sun was a- telling, ‘dau...
Klephtic Song
Forty Klephts Are We
Forty klephts are we, forty brave young lads
and we swore an oath upon the Cross.
And we swore an oath upon the Cross
and ...
Epirus Fable Song (Ballad)
Four, Five, Nine Brothers
Τα τέσσερα, τα πέντε, τα εννιάδερφα
Four brothers five brothers nine,
eighteen cousins, none destined to grow to man’s estate
were by royal command to go and f...
Epirus Preveza, Kerasovo Fable Song (Ballad)
Giannos and Vangelio
Ο Γιάννος και η Βαγγελιώ
Giannos and Vangelio went to the same school,
Giannos to learn to read and write, Vangelio to sing.
Giannos fell in love an...
Macedonia Klephtic Song
Hey Mountains of Grevená
Hey mountains of Grevená,
hey mountain pine of Métsovo,
can’t you dip a little lower.
Dip two rifle shots so we can see Gr...
Peloponnese Historical Song
How Joyous Are the Mountains
Hey, how joyous are the mountains,
how joyous the mountains and proud the plains.
The Virgin is celebrating today,
and the...
