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Peloponnese Love Song
Come Out, My Sun, Come Out
Έβγα ήλιε μ' έβγα
Come out, my sun, come out,
come out, my sun, come out just a little.
Come out, my sun, come out just a little
so we can t...
Dodecanese Sea and Sailors Song
Couplets About the Sea
The sea is humble and resigned, the wind disturbs its calm,
a mother bears and rears her child, a stranger will embrace it.
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Macedonia Couplets Love Song
D'You Hear the Water-Mills
Ακούς τους μύλους
D’you hear the water-mills that pound, and how the waters roar?
We two do love each other well, so let the people clamour.
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Peloponnese Love Song, Spring Song
Down in the Open Countryside
Κάτω στον κάμπο τον πλατύ
Down in the open countryside – why, down there, don’t you see?
down there, where all those flowers are blooming,
that’s whe...
Thessaly Magnesia, Trikeri Fable Song (Ballad)
Down on the Sandy Beach
Κάτω στο γιαλό
Down on the sandy beach, down by the water’s edge,
a girl was laundering her silver-threaded dress.
After rinsing it, she l...
Macedonia Kastoria Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Five and Ten Priests' Wives (Explicit)
Πέντε δέκα παπαδιές
Five and ten –now harken here– five and ten priests’ wives there were,
five and ten priests’ wives there were and nuns to th...
Macedonia Kastoria Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Five and Ten Priests' Wives (Explicit)
Πέντε δέκα παπαδιές
Five and ten –now harken here– five and ten priests’ wives there were,
five and ten priests’ wives there were and nuns to th...
Peloponnese Arcadia, Pera Melana Fable Song (Ballad)
Giorgi, They’re Ringing the Bells
Γιώργη βαράν τα σήμαντρα
Giorgi, they’re ringing the bells.
So, Giorgi, get yourself off to church
get yourself off to church to take communion.
– ...
Macedonia Grevena, Deskati Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
God Speed You Now, O Easter Day
God speed you now, o Easter Day, may you be back again
as you leave us may you find us, or else in better shape.
All is wel...
Peloponnese Historical Song
Great Joy Across the Land
Joy and celebrations across the land
but Náfplion, my Náfplion, why are you not joyous?
Why no scenes of joy, no celebratio...
Thessaly Larissa, Drymos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Here They Call the Fanny Yiota (Explicit)
Το μουνί το λένε Γιώτα
Here, my friend, they call the fanny, here they call the fanny Yióta,
here they call the fanny Yióta and the pecker Panayiót...
Thessaly Larissa, Drymos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Here They Call the Fanny Yiota (Explicit)
Το μουνί το λένε Γιώτα
Here, my friend, they call the fanny, here they call the fanny Yióta,
here hey call the fanny Yióta and the pecker Panayióta...
Central Greece Carnival Song, Philosophical Song
I Have Grown Old, Goddam It
Γέρασα, μωρέ παιδιά
– I have grown old, goddammit, friends, I have grown old and cannot now,
I have grown old and cannot now sing the songs I us...
Peloponnese Arcadia, Pera Melana Love Song
If I Had an Orchard
Περιβόλι ν-είχα η πάπια
If I had an orchard,
an orchard studded with bitter oranges.
Studded with bitter oranges,
bitter oranges all covered in bl...
Macedonia Kozani, Aghia Paraskevi Saturday of Lazarus Carol, Love Song
Im Wearing a White Rose (A Lazarus Song)
Άσπρο τραντάφυλλο φορώ
I’m wearing a white rose I am, I dearly wish to dye it
and if I’m lucky with the dyes, how many hearts I’ll kindle.
I’ll ki...