Region: Dodecanese
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Dodecanese Nisyros Sea and Sailors Song
Oh Yes, Indeed Did Boreas
Oh yes, indeed did Boreas, Master North Wind, truly wish,
Master North Wind, truly wish indeed to blow with gale force stren...
Dodecanese Rhodes Couplets Immigration Song
Ribbon Interwined
I had a ribbon at the weaver’s and felt at the tailor’s,
and a loved one in a foreign land,
and him I’m waiting for,
oh, a...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Fable Song (Ballad), Sea and Sailors Song
Shes a Girl From Amorgos
She’s a girl from Amorgos, ribbon, o my ribbon!
she wants to go out to sea, braided, ribbon mine!
But how? She cannot go to...
Dodecanese Kastellorizo Wedding Song
Sousta from Kastellorizo
Καστελλοριζιανή σούστα - Μάνα χαρά μεγάλη
Dodecanese Karpathos Immigration Song
Syrmatiko
Don’t have me settle far from home, good fortune, I beseech you,
but if perchance that’s what you do, don’t visit me with il...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Love Song
The Apple Trees Complaint
Το παράπονο της μηλιάς
In Konstantinos’ gardens a brook welled up,
because of which I planted an orchard
with apples and quinces, with laurels and...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Love Song
The Eagle and the Partridge
Ο σταυραετός κι η πέρδικα
An eagle swooping over and over the mastic bushes
singing sad songs to the partridge
scratching in the earth below,
sorrow...