Region: Dodecanese
Back to: Sousta from Kalymnos
Dodecanese Rhodes Love Song, Wedding Song
A Partridge I Did Tame
Πέρτικαν εμέρωνα
A partridge I did tame, through April ‘til May came,
the tamer she became, the more she did complain.
All afire deep inside...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Sea and Sailors Song, Lament
A Sailor-Lads A-Dying
I heard the shouting and the cries, they filled the Cyprus straits.
I thought they must be slaughtering bulls or taming some...
Dodecanese Patmos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
An Old Man Was Approaching (Explicit)
Ένας γέρος ηρκουντάνε
An old man -yes, an old man, an old man was approaching,
an old man was approaching, his prick was hanging down–
it wasn’t ...
Dodecanese Patmos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
An Old Man Was Approaching (Explicit)
Ένας γέρος ηρκουντάνε
An old man -yes, an old man, an old man was approaching,
an old man was approaching, his prick was hanging down–
it wasn’t ...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Andrónikos and His Black Steed
Άρκοντες τρων και πίνουσι
The nobles sit to eat and drink around a marble table,
a marble and a silver table, around a golden table,
and all do only ...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Andronikos and the Princess
Ο Ανδρόνικος και η ρήγισσα
Famed Andronikos, who was born and raised in riches,
started school on the 6th of the month and could read by the 7th.
By t...
Dodecanese Astypalea Carol Christmas Carol, Ritual Song
Christmas Carol (Astypalea)
Χριστούγεννα Πρωτούγεννα
Dodecanese Wedding Song
Come All You Birds
Ελάτε όλα τα πουλιά
Come all you birds to make dough, help O Virgin,
now gold has merged with pearl, help O Virgin.
I make a round loaf for the...
Dodecanese Sea and Sailors Song
Couplets About the Sea
The sea is humble and resigned, the wind disturbs its calm,
a mother bears and rears her child, a stranger will embrace it.
...
Dodecanese Astypalea Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Epiphany Carol (Astypalea)
Σήμερα είναι των Φωτών
Dodecanese Kalymnos Work Song, Sea and Sailors Song
Exile Is the Greatest Hardship
Exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting
but oh, that greeting “Welcome home”, oh that Maroúli,1 is bliss.
...
Dodecanese Kalymnos Couplets Work Song, Sea and Sailors Song
Exile Is the Greatest Hardship (Marouli)
Το Μαρούλι
Exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting
but oh, that greeting “Welcome home”, oh that Maroúli,1 is bliss.
...
Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Acritic Song
Feasting Lords Eating and Drinking (Andronikos and His Steed)
Άρκοντες τρων και πίνουσι
Some lords are eating and drinking at a marble table,
a table of marble, silver and gold,
they are all eating and drinking ...