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Central Greece Euboea, Kymi Couplets Sea and Sailors Song
Should You See a Vessel Pass
An’ should you see a vessel pass, passing the cape of Ochtoniá
oh take your little kerchief out and wave in signal to me.
S...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Philosophical Song
The Brave Man
Ο αντρειωμένος
Don’t weep for the brave man, even if he misses his mark.
For if he misses once, if he misses twice, he is still brave.
His...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Philosophical Song
The Eagle (On a Mountain High)
On a high mountain, on a sharp, steep rock,
an eagle was standing and he was gazing,
an eagle soaked and freezing.
He year...
Crete Cretan Rizitiko Philosophical Song
The Gallant Man
Never pity a valiant man not even if he misses,
and if he misses once or twice, he's still valiant and brave.
Ηis door will...
Cyprus Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Cyprus) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Κύπρος)
O gentlefolk, pay heed to me, and hear the Mother’s dirge,
hear how she mourns her only child upon the yonder Cross.
Take n...
Sporades Skyros Couplets Love Song
The Night Endures for Thirteen Hours
Η νύχτα ώρες δεκατρείς
The night endures for thirteen hours, I sleep for merely three.
Throughout the hours that then remain I think of only you.
...
Crete Chania, Kambanos Cretan Rizitiko Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
The Swallows of Vlachiá (The Sack of Adrianoúpolis)
The swallows of Vlachiá and the birds of the West
weeping late and weeping early, weeping at noon,
weeping for ravaged Adri...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Table Song Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
They Took the City
They took the City, they took Salonika
and they took Haghia Sophia along with it.
And they took Haghia Sophia, the Great Mo...
Peloponnese Table Song Historical Song
Thirty Ships Prepared for Sea
Thirty ships were sailing towards Cape Malea and Hydra,
ten of them belonged to France and ten of them to England,
the othe...
Tzavelaina
Τζαβέλαινα
