Song types: Couplets
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Dodecanese Couplets Sea and Sailors Song, Lampoon
I Sold My Boat
In Saloniki I sold my boat
but when I got home to Chios, I didn’t have a groat.
Heave ho once, man the sails
Heave ho twic...
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Couplets | Processional Tune Love Song
I Will Sing Tonight
Απόψε θε να τραγουδώ
I will sing tonight with the singers,
my little duckling,
with the singers, save your love for me.
With the lads of Liviss...
Ionian islands Corfu Couplets Love Song
If I Could Have Two Hearts
Ορεινός χορός - Ήθελα να 'χα δυο καρδιές
Eastern Aegean Lesvos Couplets Love Song
In Smyrna, in the Armenian Quarter
Στη Σμύρνη μες στην Αρμενιά
Cyclades Naxos Couplets Philosophical Song, Carnival Song
It Is the Custom Every Year
Τούτες οι μέρες το ’χουνε
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
Sporades Skyros Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
It's in May the Partridge Sings
Το Μάη λαλούν οι πέρδικες
It’s in May the partridge sings,
in May the nightingale bursts into song,
’tis in May the turtledove takes to the wing
and...
Macedonia Couplets Love Song
I’ll Jump From the Railings
Απ' τα κάγκελα θα πέσω
I’ll jump from the railings, I’ll fall to my death
and my love calls out “For the love of God, catch him!”
You’re white as ...
Dodecanese Kastellorizo Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
Just Like Easter Sunday
Σαν τη Mεγάλην Πασχαλιά
How wonderful if every day were just like Easter Sunday,
when girls put on their finery and dress as gentlefolk do.
Come on...
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Agiassos Couplets Love Song, Wedding Song
Kanaria
Τα κανάρια
English translation is not available. The lyrics in French follows:
Commence à rire, mon coeur, Canaris,
à rire comme avant...
Cappadocia / Konya Karvali Couplets Easter Song, Love Song | Ritual Song
Leilalim (Lilac-sweet) (Easter Dance)
Λέιλαλιμ
Oh, I’m standing on the castle height,
lilac-sweet, my love, my love, lilac-sweet, lilac-sweet.
I am all of twelve years ol...
Cappadocia / Konya Potamia Couplets Wedding Song, For the Bride
Let Our Friends Rejoice
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