Dance Style: Local dance
Back to: Leilalim (Lilac-sweet)
Sporades Skiathos Sea and Sailors Song
The Great North Wind Blew
The Great North Wind blew throughout the land
and all those, kalé, all those ships that heard him
made it safely into shore...
Epirus Arta, Grammenitsa Instrumental Carnival Song
The Maypole and Other Local Carnival Traditions
Γαϊτανάκι & Παρωδία γάμου
Central Greece Attiki, Megara Carol Easter Song, Ritual Song
The Roussalia
Τα ρουσάλια - Men's song for Easter Monday
– Greetings to you, lord and master, noble lord and gentleman,
shall we sing you the Roussalia? – Sing them, pray, my hearty...
Propontis Palatia Ritual Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
The Song of Saint George
Το τραγούδι του Αϊ-Γιώργη
A monster plagues our land curled up in a deep well.
We feed it poor townsfolk every morn and every night,
but when a day g...
Macedonia Love Song
The Star and the Little Moon
The star -come now my treasure- the star and the little moon,
the star, my precious, and the moon, I’ll follow a narrow trai...
Epirus Easter Song, Lament | Ritual Song
Today, dear George... (Necrolatric Dance of Easter)
Σήμερα Γιώργη μ’ Πασχαλιά
Today, dear George, is Easter Day, my dearest George, my dearest George,
Today’s a major holiday, my dearest George, my hand...
Macedonia Historical Song
Up Siátista Way
Up Siátista way, just up from Kastoriá,
will you not weep mothers, mothers and children?
They killed Pavlos, Pavlos Melás
...
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Couplets Love Song
What Ails You, Crow
Τι έχεις μαύρε κόρακα
What ails you, crow, that your wings have blackened?
If it’s your heart that aches, come weep with me.
’Twas for you and me...
Thessaly Immigration Song
When You Go off Abroad, My Love
When you go off abroad, my love, go off to foreign places,
just see you don't remain six months, and don't you linger years ...
Ionian islands Kefalonia Lampoon
Where To, Master Ant
– Where to, master ant, where to?
where go you burnt so black
with that grub hoe ’pon your back?
– I’m going across the wa...