Region: Thrace
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Thrace Evros, Karoti Fable Song (Ballad)
The Son of the Armenian
The son of the Armenian boasted, my beautiful blue eyes,
to a pasha, his master, sing my lovely nightingale.
– My master, I...
Thrace Lampoon, Carnival Song
Three Beardless Gents
Three beardless gents down from the City,
five hairs between them, what a pity.
Then bré bré bré a fourth sailed in,
from ...
Thrace Lampoon, Carnival Song
Three Beardless Gents
Ήρθαν τρεις σπανοί απ’ την Πόλη
Three beardless gents down from the City,
five hairs between them, what a pity.
Then bré bré bré a fourth sailed in,
from ...
Thrace Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Today Is Epiphany, Feast of Light (Thrace)
Σήμιρα τα Φώτα κι φουτισμός
Thrace Evros, Ambelakia Charon's Song
Tricked by the Birds
Tricked I was, tricked by the birds,
tricked by the nightingales of spring.
They tricked me and told me I would never die.
...
Thrace Historical, Recent
Twelve Little Evzones
Twelve young evzones decided,
Holy Virgin, they decided to go to war.
On their way, Holy Virgin,
upon the black sea a blac...
Thrace Evros, Kyani Carnival Song
What Am I, Poor Wretch, to Do
Τι να κάνω ο έρημος
What am I, poor wretch, to do with the wife I’ve got?
In Jan’ry month and Feb’ry too she leads me off to harvest.
I reaped ...
Thrace Love Song
When I Was a Lad
Αντά ’μαν παλικάρι
When I was a lad, twelve years of age
l walked on iron and turned it to water,
I walked on marble and turned it to dust.
T...
Thrace Evros, Kyani Lampoon
When I Went down to the Butchers
When I went down, mistress mine,
to the butcher’s to buy meat,
he gave me, mistress mine,
a bone and a donkey head to eat....
