Song types: Couplets
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Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Mandamados Couplets Love Song, Sad and Plaintive Song
To Whom Then Shall I Tell My Woe
Τίνος να πω τον πόνο μου
To whom then shall I tell my woe, who will not sigh or groan?
Even the tight-lipped stone itself would shed a silent tear.
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Peloponnese Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
Today, My Dark-Eyed Beauty (Easter Dance)
Σήμερα Xριστός Aνέστη
Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!’
today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!, he’s taken up to heaven.
Today, my ...
Eastern Aegean Samos, Karlovasi Couplets | Processional Tune Wedding Song
Tonight Is the Wedding Feast
Απόψε γάμος γίνεται
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Couplets | Processional Tune Love Song, Wedding Song
Wake up My Black Eyed One (The Grasses of the Earth)
Wake up my black eyed one I’ve come to your neighbourhood,
I have brought you a golden tress to plait your hair.
Your black...
Propontis Marmara Couplets | Table Song Party Song
Well Met
Καλώς ανταμωθήκαμε
Well met to all of us who love each other,
who are joyful for a while and of a glad heart.
Vré, off the beach
I’m chasing ...
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...
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Couplets Love Song
What Did I Do to You, My Sun
Ήλιε μου, ίντα σου ’καμα
What did I do to you, my sun, what did I do?
What did I do and now you’re set on setting?
Tourna, tourna, tourna
there’s a...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Kato Panagia Couplets Wedding Song
Who Was the Matchmaker
Ποιός ήταν ο προξενητής
Macedonia Couplets Love Song, Carnival Song
Why Did I Fall in Love With You? (Enteka (Eleven))
Τι 'θελα και σ' αγαπούσα
Why did I go and fall for you?
Why didn't I just get on with my life?
Now my head’s swimming
and knives have pierced my he...
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...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Alatsata Couplets Love Song
Yioryitsa
I intended to love you, my Yioryítsa,
and nobody to know of it.
Now our own people learn of it, my Yioryítsa,
strangers to...
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.
...
Cyclades Couplets Sea and Sailors Song
You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea
Θάλασσα απ' όλα τα νερά
You quench your thirst from every source, o sea, from every river,
and spare us not a single one of our most manly menfolk.
...
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.
...
Propontis Marmara Couplets For the Bride, Wedding Song
You wear white
Άσπρα φορείς
You wear white and hold white and white is your dress
And white the flowers that swoon at your passing.
Dance, sweet bride,...
Asia Minor Smyrna, Baindiri Couplets Love Song
You, Sweet Lass
Καλέ συ
Oh, those gentle, melting eyes -
amán, I’m done for, oh amán!
tell me where you found them, lass -
yes, you, sweet lass, ...
