Region: Crete
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Crete Chania, Lakkoi Fable Song (Ballad)
A Maid Bidding Farewell
Μια κόρη συναπόβγανε
A maid was seeing her husband off to foreign parts
holding a candle out for him to see,
tankards of wine for him to drink.
...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Heroic Song
Castle, What Has Happened to Your Towers
Κάστρο και πού ’ν’ οι πύργοι σου
– Castle, what has happened to your towers and your belfries?
And where are all those gallant lads, those fine upstanding fe...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
Charon and the Brave Men (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Χάροντας και οι αντρειωμένοι
My friends, what happened to all the brave men in the world?
They're not on the mountains and they're not in the passes.
Th...
Crete Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
Easter Couplets (Easter Dance)
Πασχαλιάτικες μαντινάδες
Because today is Easter Day, the world is making merry,
all strangers, kith and kin, and friends embrace, kiss one another.
...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Historical Song
Great Joy Across the Land
Great joy across the land, great joy in every village
and all in the best, the best of spirits
save Rhodes, poor ill-fated ...
Crete Chania, Asi Gonia Cretan Rizitiko Love Song
I Dreamed of It
Όνειρο το ’δα η λυγερή
English translation is not available. The lyrics in French follows:
– Ce que j'ai vu en rêve, mon roseau, explique-le moi:
...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
I Saw Some Black Smoke
Μαύρο καπνό είδα κι έβγαινε
I saw some black smoke rise up out of the reeds;
The reeds are numberless and a monster hides in them.
Three huntsmen have ...
Crete Cretan Kondylies Immigration Song
Kondylies
Κοντυλιές
Sweet bird flown far from home,
I’ve had no peace at all since we parted.
No Cretan far from home should die,
for the soil...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Acritic Song
Last Night I Crossed Rivers (The Death of Digenis)
Οψές επέρνου ποταμούς
Last night I forded rivers and crossed bridges
and heard sighing and wondered what it was.
Digenis is fighting for his life...
Crete Fable Song (Ballad)
Mavrianos and the King
Ο βασιλιάς και ο Μαυριανός
Mavrianos and the king were dining in a garden.
Having nought of note to discuss, the talk turned to
blonde girls and curly...
Crete Lasithi, Agios Georgios Carol New Year's Carol, Wish Well | Ritual Song
New Year Carol (Crete)
Αρχιμηνιά κι αρχιχρονιά και παινέματα
Crete Carol New Year's Carol, Ritual Song
Open Your Door (New Year Carol fron Creta)
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