Dance Style: Syrtos
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Peloponnese Arcadia, Pera Melana Historical, Recent
The Captains of Trípoli
The captains of Trípoli, mana mou,
the captains of Trípoli
and the brave men of Moriá.
In Albania they lie, in Iván they r...
Central Greece Hydra Fable Song (Ballad)
The Glass Well
Το γυάλινο πηγάδι
Aidès ki amàn amàn, have you heard the news?
Have you heard what happened down at the well of glass?
A wild beast appeared,...
Central Greece Hydra Fable Song (Ballad)
The Glass Well
Aidés ki amán amán, have you heard the news?
Have you heard what happened down at the well of glass?
Aidés ki amán amán, a ...
Central Greece Hydra Fable Song (Ballad)
The Glass Well
Το γυάλινο πηγάδι
Aidés ki amán amán, have you heard the news?
Have you heard what happened down at the well of glass?
A wild beast appeared,...
Propontis Nicomedea, Katirli Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
The May Month
Μάη μου με τα λούλουδα
The May month with its wealth of flowers and April with its dews,
I’ve got you on my mind again and didn’t sleep last night....
Macedonia Immigration Song
The Wretched Mother Kneaded Dough
The wretched mother kneaded dough: her sailor son required rusks.
She kneaded dough, the wretched one, and wept and chanted ...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Meli Couplets Love Song, Wedding Song
The Young Meliots
Τα Μελιωτάκια
Two young Meliots got up to dance the syrtos,
they will ask us for songs and commendations.
Come, let us go over there and ...
Asia Minor Couplets Love Song
There Are Hearts That Laugh
Είναι καρδιές όπου γελούν
There are hearts that laugh, there are hearts that weep;
there are hearts that ache, but don’t speak of pain.
Oh, come, my ...
Propontis Acritic Song
Tsamandas (The Fight of Tsamados With His Son)
Ο Τσάμαντας
Up at Saint Thodoros' chapel,
at the church of Saint Kostantinos,
there are twelve circles dancing
and eighteen rings set ...
Thrace Historical, Recent
Twelve Little Evzones
Twelve young evzones decided,
Holy Virgin, they decided to go to war.
On their way, Holy Virgin,
upon the black sea a blac...
Central Greece Klephtic Song
What Ails You, Poor Plane-Tree?
What ails you, poor plane-tree?
Your roots draw water, amán,
your roots draw well, yet you stand there limp,
your roots dr...
Macedonia Immigration Song
White Doves O Mine, White Ring-Doves
White doves o’ mine, white ring-doves, black-hued birds o’ mine,
you fly so high above us, traversing the sky.
Come down, a...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Kato Panagia Couplets Wedding Song
Who Was the Matchmaker
Ποιός ήταν ο προξενητής
Asia Minor Erythraea, Alatsata Couplets Love Song
Yatzilariani
I brought you a Good Evening, give me a Good Night
I had no business here, I came only for you.
Come out that I may see
yo...
Cyclades Couplets Sea and Sailors Song
You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea
You quench your thirst from every source, o sea, from every river,
and spare us not a single one of our most manly menfolk.
...