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Epirus Polyphonic Fable Song (Ballad)
The Love of Yannos and Marigo
Yannos and Marigo went to the same school.
Yannos could read and write, Marigo could sing.
They loved each other, no one kn...
Propontis Nicomedea, Katirli Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
The May Month
Μάη μου με τα λούλουδα
The May month with its wealth of flowers and April with its dews,
I’ve got you on my mind again and didn’t sleep last night....
Epirus Arta, Grammenitsa Instrumental Carnival Song
The Maypole and Other Local Carnival Traditions
Γαϊτανάκι & Παρωδία γάμου
Dodecanese Leros Couplets Sea and Sailors Song
The Sea Has Made Me Old
The sea has made me old, yet I revel in her sight.
I weep and find no peace, as I lie remembering her at night.
The Aegean,...
Pontus Inepolis Sea and Sailors Song, Immigration Song
The Ship Is My House
The ship is my house, the sea my courtyard
and the waves of the north wind, are my comfort.
A little stranger is dying at t...
Propontis Palatia Ritual Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
The Song of Saint George
Το τραγούδι του Αϊ-Γιώργη
A monster plagues our land curled up in a deep well.
We feed it poor townsfolk every morn and every night,
but when a day g...
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...
Asia Minor Smyrna Couplets Love Song
The Widow
Widow, change your name, don't let them call you widow,
for you make my eyes weep night and day.
But why don't tell us
the...
Cappadocia / Konya Anakou Acritic Song
The Widow's Son (The Song of Porfyris)
Χήρα παιδίν εγέννησεν
A widow gives birth to a son, he is called Porphylis.
In prison she bore him, in prison she raises him.
At one year of age ...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Sea and Sailors Song
The Words Gone Round
The word’s gone round: the lads from Crete, the lads who hail from Crete,
those brave and comely Cretan lads, have now cast ...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Meli Couplets Love Song, Wedding Song
The Young Meliots
Τα Μελιωτάκια
Two young Meliots got up to dance the syrtos,
they will ask us for songs and commendations.
Come, let us go over there and ...
Cyprus Sea and Sailors Song
There Were Three Monks
There were three monks and hailed from Crete
and three from Ághion Óros1,
and they prepared a bark for sea; while chanting ...
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Mandamados Couplets Swing Song
They Sat on the Swing
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