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Thessaly Magnesia, Trikeri Sea and Sailors Song, Lampoon
Our Fishing-Boat a Battered Hulk
Our fishing-boat a battered hulk, we cobbled it together,
we patched it up a thousand times, it stayed a ragged sight.
Our ...
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...
Eastern Aegean Love Song
River, Dear River of Mine
Ποταμέ, τζάνεμ ποταμέ μου
River, dear river of mine,
river, my river, when you fill.
River, my river, when you fill
and crash, and crash and swell.
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Central Greece Lament, Local Event
River, Dry Gorge
Λαγκάδι ξερολάγκαδο
River, dry gorge, river
vái, as you come rushing down
your hair flows russet, maid.
River, I cannot remember
vái, ever ha...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Meli Couplets Love Song
Roumbalia
They sent me a carnation plant, Roumbaliá, Roumbaliá,
from the land of the Franks,
and the pot is made of marble, Roumbaliá...
Thrace Evros, Karoti Ritual Song, For Saint John of Kledon
Saint John
Αγιόγιαννης
Saint John’s herb
Saint John’s herb with its short black leaves.
Two herbs fell out over which smelled the finest.
Basil s...
Propontis Marmara Work Song, Sea and Sailors Song | Work Song
Selim
Song of fishermen
Our boat is rigged, élessa-yialéssa,
and goes to cast nets, elessa-yialessa.
Élli, yiamóli, yiássa, íssa, hó!
Vré háide, v...
Central Greece Euboea, Kymi Couplets Sea and Sailors Song
Should You See a Vessel Pass
An’ should you see a vessel pass, passing the cape of Ochtoniá
oh take your little kerchief out and wave in signal to me.
S...
