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Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Loutra Couplets Wedding Song, For the Groom
My Royal-Born Pearl Pod
Son-in-law, royal-born pearl pod,
God-fashioned pillar of the sun.
The groom was not born of mortal womb,
he’s the lemon t...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Meli Carol New Year's Carol, Pastoral Song
New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
Shepherds carol. Βασίλης βόσκει πρόβατα
Cyclades Naxos, Apeiranthos Carol New Year's Carol, Wish Well | Ritual Song
New Year Carol (Naxos)
Αρχιμηνιά κι αρχιχρονιά
Macedonia Historical Song
Nine Villages They Razed
Nine villages of ours they razed
amán amán, and fifteen castles.
Amán, come see the body you torture.
And they took Náouss...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Easter Song, Ritual Song
Now Hear Me,… (Easter Dance Song)
Άκουσ’ ισύ προυτουσυρτή
Now hear me, you who leads the dance and you who twists and tangles
direct the dance along a course resembling reeds a-swayi...
Asia Minor Smyrna, Baindiri Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
Now Is the Holy Time of Lent (Holy Week Lament)
Τώρα ’ν’ αγιά Σαρακοστή
Now is the holy time of Lent, these days are holy days,
when services are held in church and priests are chanting hymns,
an...
Macedonia Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Now List, Good Man (Explicit)
Γι’ ακούσατε τι θα σας πω
Now list, good man, just list to me, to what I have to tell.
Just list to what I have to tell of what befell a widow,
a wre...
Macedonia Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Now List, Good Man (Explicit)
Γι’ ακούσατε τι θα σας πω
Now list, good man, just list to me, to what I have to tell.
Just list to what I have to tell of what befell a widow,
a wre...
Sporades Skiathos Table Song Sad and Plaintive Song
O Black Dawn, Won't You Break
Δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή
Won’t you break, black dawn
so I can find peace, my jewel,
so I can find peace?
My eyes are close to dim…
My eyes are clo...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Meli Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
O Christ Is Risen (Easter Dance)
Χριστός Ανέστη μάτια μου
Christ is risen, darling one, so, come, let’s be a-kissing,
go fetch a tendril from a vine and, come, let us be wedded.
See...
Peloponnese Sea and Sailors Song
Off Tsirigo
Ανάμεσα Τσιρίγο
Between Tsirigo and Cape Maleas, Virgin Mother,
a ship is fighting for its life with all its cargo, too.
Wave-buffeted and ...
Dodecanese Nisyros Sea and Sailors Song
Oh Yes, Indeed Did Boreas
Oh yes, indeed did Boreas, Master North Wind, truly wish,
Master North Wind, truly wish indeed to blow with gale force stren...
Macedonia Kozani Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Old Grandfather Rangavelas (Explicit)
Ου παππούς ου Ραγκαβέλας
Old grandfather1 bre, bre, bre, old grandfather Rangavélas,
old grandfather Rangavélas had an ass that limped along;
dummy ...
Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
Old Nun A-Cooking
Καλογριά μαγέρευε
A nun was frying fish and a voice,
a shrill high voice, kept telling her again and again :
‘Stop cooking, old maid,
and Co...
Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
Old Nun A-Cooking
Καλογριά μαγέρευε
A nun was frying fish and a voice,
A squeaky little voice, kept telling her over and over:
- Stop cooking, old maid,
And C...
Propontis Palatia Fable Song (Ballad)
On Saint George's Eve
Τ’ Αϊ-Γιωργιού τη βραδινή
On Saint George’s eve, as Saint George’s day was ending,
a princess was rigging a solid gold frigate
with sails of pure sil...