Dance Style: Kalamatianos
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Peloponnese Klephtic Song
A Maid Decided
A maid decided to join the klephts
and set fire, vr’ amán och amán,
she set fire to her loom.
She set fire to her loom, to...


Peloponnese Love Song
All the Birds, Two by Two
Όλα τα πουλάκια ζυγά-ζυγά
All the birds, amàn amàn,
the birds nest two by two,
all the birds two by two,
the swallow with his mate.
The lonesome ni...

Peloponnese Immigration Song
All Turn Their Gaze upon the Sun
All turn their gaze upon the sun that's on the point of setting,
and yet the girl who's sore at heart is looking out to seaw...

Peloponnese Love Song
Come Out, My Sun, Come Out
Έβγα ήλιε μ' έβγα
Come out, my sun, come out,
come out, my sun, come out just a little.
Come out, my sun, come out just a little
so we can t...

Peloponnese Love Song, Spring Song
Down in the Open Countryside
Κάτω στον κάμπο τον πλατύ
Down in the open countryside – why, down there, don’t you see?
down there, where all those flowers are blooming,
that’s whe...

Macedonia Kastoria Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Five and Ten Priests' Wives (Explicit)
Πέντε δέκα παπαδιές
Five and ten –now harken here– five and ten priests’ wives there were,
five and ten priests’ wives there were and nuns to th...

Macedonia Kastoria Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Five and Ten Priests' Wives (Explicit)
Πέντε δέκα παπαδιές
Five and ten –now harken here– five and ten priests’ wives there were,
five and ten priests’ wives there were and nuns to th...


Peloponnese Arcadia, Pera Melana Fable Song (Ballad)
Giorgi, They’re Ringing the Bells
Γιώργη βαράν τα σήμαντρα
Giorgi, they’re ringing the bells.
So, Giorgi, get yourself off to church
get yourself off to church to take communion.
– ...



Peloponnese Historical Song
Great Joy Across the Land
Joy and celebrations across the land
but Náfplion, my Náfplion, why are you not joyous?
Why no scenes of joy, no celebratio...

Thessaly Larissa, Drymos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Here They Call the Fanny Yiota (Explicit)
Το μουνί το λένε Γιώτα
Here, my friend, they call the fanny, here they call the fanny Yióta,
here hey call the fanny Yióta and the pecker Panayióta...

Thessaly Larissa, Drymos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Here They Call the Fanny Yiota (Explicit)
Το μουνί το λένε Γιώτα
Here, my friend, they call the fanny, here they call the fanny Yióta,
here they call the fanny Yióta and the pecker Panayiót...

Peloponnese Arcadia, Pera Melana Love Song
If I Had an Orchard
Περιβόλι ν-είχα η πάπια
If I had an orchard,
an orchard studded with bitter oranges.
Studded with bitter oranges,
bitter oranges all covered in bl...

Central Greece
In the Vineyard, on a Stump
In the vineyard, on a stump
A pretty bird is singing.
In the vineyard, on a pear-tree
A white bird is singing.
In the vin...

Central Greece Fthiotida, Amphicleia Spring Song, Lament
It Is May Month (Necrolatric Dance of Spring)
Τώρα είν’ ο Μάης κι η άνοιξη
It is May month, the spring is here and soon it will be summer,
but now the deer are pleasuring and finding spring content.
...
