Region: Cyclades
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Cyclades Paros Fable Song (Ballad)
A Fair Maid Did Sing
Μια λυγερή τραγούδησε
A fair maid did sing out in the moonlight,
but the gentle wind took her song
and swept it out to sea
and every boat that h...
Cyclades Kimolos Couplets Wedding Song
Couplets for the Decoration of the Wedding Bed
Στολίσετε το νυφικό
Cyclades Mykonos Fable Song (Ballad), Great Lent Song | Charon's Song
Evyenoula
Η Βγενούλα
Young Evyenoula, comely lass, the lass who married early
and boastfully was wont to say that Charon would not get her
becau...
Cyclades Sea and Sailors Song
I Went Aboard a Boat
Σε καινούργια βάρκα μπήκα
I went aboard a boat but newly built,
aboard a boat but newly built, and landed at Michalitsi.
I sought the seaman, stron...
Cyclades Sifnos Love Song
I'd Have Come Last Night
Ήθελα να ’ρθώ το βράδυ
I’d have come last night to see you,
amán, amán, amán, but I was caught out in a shower.
Then a heavy downpour soaked me,
...