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Central Greece Love Song
Ploughed Garden of Mine
Περιβόλι μ’ οργωμένο
Orchard, my orchard, orchard ploughed
all pruned and daisy-strewed.
You’ve flower beds all around,
and marjoram in the gro...
Pontus Fable Song (Ballad), Sea and Sailors Song
Somewhere in the Aegean Sea
Somewhere in the Aegean Sea, oh, my heart, my heart,
so distant, so far away, my heart is fit to burst.
A vessel richly fit...
Cyclades Paros Love Song, Wedding Song
The Boastful Partridge
A partridge fair bragged to all she met
that there was no hunter in the land,
no hunter in the land could bag her.
When th...
Cyprus Fable Song (Ballad), Acritic Song
The Four Palikari
Τέσσερα τζιαι τέσσερα
Four and four make eight,
Four Palikari go to the wars.
On their way they are hungry
And they sit down to eat,
but they ...
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Φούρνοι Ικαρίας)
...
– Be off with you, you gypsy scum, and may your hearth grow cold,
and may you lack a second shirt to clothe your wretch...
Sporades Skyros Couplets Sea and Sailors Song, Love Song
The Sea Pounds Me
Η θάλασσα με δέρνει
The sea pounds me,
the sea pounds me, the waves lash me.
And a great fish…
And a great fish is feasting on me.
Alas, curl...
Peloponnese Klephtic Song
The Snow Shines White on the Mountain Tops
The snow, moré, the snow shines white
on the mountain tops
and the sun shines in the gullies.
That’s how, moré, that’s how...
Cyclades Naxos, Komiaki Couplets Swing Song
The Swing
Μέσα στην κούνια κάθεται
The girl is sitting on the swing, no dove was ever prettier,
spreads and flaps her pure white wings, and fans the air around...
Epirus Preveza, Kerasovo Acritic Song
The Young Vlach’s Song
Του μικρού βλαχόπουλου
Young Kostantinos and brave Alexis
and the young Vlach who fought in castles
the three were eating and drinking
and sweetl...
Epirus Easter Song, Ritual Song | Lament
Today, dear George... (Necrolatric Dance of Easter)
Σήμερα Γιώργη μ’ Πασχαλιά
Today, dear George, is Easter Day, my dearest George, my dearest George,
Today’s a major holiday, my dearest George, my hand...
Central Greece Instrumental
Two Tsamikos Dances of Roumeli
Στα Σάλωνα σφάζουν αρνιά - Κάτου στου Βάλτου τα χωριά
Peloponnese Love Song, Wedding Song
Up Upon the Rose
Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά
The partridge built her nest
amàn amàn, high up upon the rose-bush
And the startled partridge started,
and the roses to th...