Region: Thrace
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Thrace Evros, Nea Vyssa Fable Song (Ballad)
A Mother Has a Son
Μια μάνα έχει ένα γιο
A mother has a son, the apple of her eye,
and the neighbourhood would have him,
’tis a wonder the very mountains do not cru...
Thrace Acritic Song, Wedding Song
A Young and Gallant Soldier
Ένας άγουρος κι ένας καλός στρατιώτης
A young and gallant soldier Sought a citadel, a citadel.
He sought a citadel, a village to stop at. He found none, no citade...
Thrace Evros, Paliouri Acritic Song
A Young Lad (A Soldier and a Tree)
Στρατιώτης και δεντρί
A young man, a fine young lad
went off in search of a castle, Greek lass of mine.
And though he found no castles and no vil...
Thrace Evros, Karoti Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
Alexander and the King
Αλέξαντρος κι βασιλιάς
Alexander, bré amán amán, Alexander and the king,
Alexander brave and strong and little Constantine.
They ate together, bré...
Thrace Carol Christmas Carol, Ritual Song
Christmas Carol (Thrace)
Χριστός γιννιέται, χαρά στουν κόσμου
Thrace Acritic Song
Digenes Is Dying (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Διγενής ψυχομαχάει
Digenes, Digenes is giving up the ghost,
my eyes, Digenes is dying
my eyes are black, Digenes is dying.
All the lords on l...
Thrace Acritic Song
Digenis Is Dying (The Death of Digenis)
Ο Διγενής ψυχομαχάει
Digenis is dying and the mountains are trembling,
and all the lords that heard it set out to visit him,
they set out, bring...
Thrace Evros, Soufli Lampoon, Children's Song
Down on the Barbary Plane
Down, moré, down on the Barbary plane,
the fish are getting married
down on the Barbary plane.
The ants, moré, the ants ar...
Thrace Evros, Neos Pyrgos Fable Song (Ballad), Charon's Song
Fair Evgenoula (Charon and the Maid)
Η Ευγενούλα η μοσχονιά
Evgenoula, the fair maid beloved by all,
went and boasted she had no fear of death,
that she had houses tall and a sweethea...
Thrace Evros, Ambelakia Table Song Heroic Song
Forty Brave Young Lads
Forty brave lads and an old man
took up arms and dressed for war.
Slinging their muskets, the mountains light up,
buckling...
Thrace Evros, Paliouri Table Song Love Song
I See Ships A-Coming
Βλέπω καράβια πο ’ρχοντι
I see ships a-coming from Constantine’s City
with four hundred maids and sixty brave lads,
and mine in there amidst them si...
Thrace Evros, Ambelakia Table Song Love Song
I Was Far Away, but Now I'm Back
Ξένος ήμαν κι ήρθα τώρα
I was far away,
but now I'm back from foreign lands
with diamonds and fresh-struck gold
and silver coins for you.
– What ...
Thrace Evros, Ambelakia Love Song
I Will Climb a Mountain High
With golden adz and silver saw
I climb a mountain high,
up where the best trees grow.
To cut boughs of laurel and apple an...
Thrace Table Song Immigration Song
I Would I Were a Bird
I would I were a bird to fly high up above the hill-tops,
and so survey what lies below in distant foreign countries
that I...
Thrace Table Song Immigration Song
I Would I Were a Bird
Να 'μαν πουλί να πέταγα
I would I were a bird to fly high up above the hill-tops,
and so survey what lies below in distant foreign countries
that I...