Dance Style: Tsamikos
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Central Greece Immigration Song
My Emigrated Bird
Ξενιτεμένο μου πουλί (Η ξενιτιά)
My love-bird far away from home, my love who's broken-hearted,
...
Central Greece Fthiotida, Amphicleia Love Song, Spring Song
O April, April, Cool and Fresh
Απρίλ’ Aπρίλη μ’ δροσερέ
O April, April cool and fresh, dear George, a worthy scholar,
May month so finely decked with flowers, dear George, so finel...
Peloponnese Klephtic Song
On Tríkorfa Peak
On Tríkorfa1, up on its highest peak
Kolokotronis yells his orders,
on Tríkorfa, high up on the ridge,
the blood flows in ...
Peloponnese Klephtic Song
On Tríkorfa Peak
’Tis on Tríkorfa, up on the peak
that Kolokotronis is fighting,
and ’tis on Tríkorfa, high on the ridge
that the blood flo...
Central Greece Love Song
Ploughed Garden of Mine
Περιβόλι μ’ οργωμένο
Orchard, my orchard, orchard ploughed
all pruned and daisy-strewed.
You’ve flower beds all around,
and marjoram in the gro...
Peloponnese Klephtic Song
The Snow Shines White on the Mountain Tops
The snow, moré, the snow shines white
on the mountain tops
and the sun shines in the gullies.
That’s how, moré, that’s how...
Central Greece Instrumental
Two Tsamikos Dances of Roumeli
Στα Σάλωνα σφάζουν αρνιά - Κάτου στου Βάλτου τα χωριά
Peloponnese Love Song, Wedding Song
Up Upon the Rose
Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά
The partridge built her nest
amàn amàn, high up upon the rose-bush
And the startled partridge started,
and the roses to th...
Central Greece Fthiotida, Modio Historical, Recent
What Ails You, Poor Parnassós
What ails you, poor Parnassós,
what ails you that you stand there sadly.
Are your snows not deep,
are your streams not fre...
Macedonia Klephtic Song
When You Dream of Brave Deeds
When you dream of brave deeds,
my black-fated sons,
when you dream of bravery,
of taking to the hills,
ask me first about...
Central Greece Fthiotida, Amphicleia Philosophical Song, Nature Song
Winter and Autumn
Χειμώνας κι ο χινόπωρος
Winter and… winter and autumn…
winter and autumn eat and drink at the same table.
They called for spring to join them, but ...
