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Crete Cretan Rizitiko Nature Song
The Dawn of Dawn
Αυγή τσ’ αυγής
The dawn of dawn, I’ll rise at the dawn of dawn
to get myself to the mountain’s root,
at the mountain’s root to greet the d...

Dodecanese Karpathos, Olympos Love Song
The Eagle and the Partridge
Ο σταυραετός κι η πέρδικα
An eagle swooping over and over the mastic bushes
singing sad songs to the partridge
scratching in the earth below,
sorrow...

Sporades Skiathos Sea and Sailors Song
The Great North Wind Blew
The Great North Wind blew throughout the land
and all those, kalé, all those ships that heard him
made it safely into shore...




Central Greece Attiki, Megara Carol Easter Song, Ritual Song
The Roussalia
Τα ρουσάλια - Men's song for Easter Monday
– Greetings to you, lord and master, noble lord and gentleman,
shall we sing you the Roussalia? – Sing them, pray, my hearty...

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...

Macedonia Love Song
The Star and the Little Moon
The star -come now my treasure- the star and the little moon,
the star, my precious, and the moon, I’ll follow a narrow trai...


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 ...

Cappadocia / Konya Flogita Carol Saturday of Lazarus Carol, Ritual Song | Epiphany Carol
Three Carols: Palm Sunday - Lazarus day - Epiphany
Κάλαντα Λαζάρου - Βαΐων - Φώτων


Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Today Is Epiphany, Feast of Light (Ikaria)
Σήμερα τα Φώτα και οι φωτισμοί

Dodecanese Astypalea Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Tomorrow It Is Epiphany (Astypalea)
Αύριον είναι τω Φωτώ


