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Eastern Aegean Lesvos Couplets Love Song
In Smyrna, in the Armenian Quarter
Στη Σμύρνη μες στην Αρμενιά
Central Greece
In the Vineyard, on a Stump
In the vineyard, on a stump
A pretty bird is singing.
In the vineyard, on a pear-tree
A white bird is singing.
In the vin...
Central Greece Fthiotida, Amphicleia Spring Song, Lament
It Is May Month (Necrolatric Dance of Spring)
Τώρα είν’ ο Μάης κι η άνοιξη
It is May month, the spring is here and soon it will be summer,
but now the deer are pleasuring and finding spring content.
...
Macedonia Kozani, Eani Carol Saturday of Lazarus Carol, Ritual Song
It is the feast of Lazarus (Lazarus Saturday Carol)
Ήρθ’ ου Λάζαρους
It is the feast of Lazarus, the feast of Palms is nigh.
– Where were you, Lazarus, where did you hide yourself?
– Why, I wa...
Asia Minor Love Song
Kanelóriza
Κανελόριζα
Down by the distance coast, down by the sandy shore
is the girl - is the girl I love.
The girl I love with hair so fair and...
Thrace Carol New Year's Carol, Ritual Song
Leaving the Noble Home (New Year Carol from Thrace)
Π' αυγινικό κι αν βγήκαμι
Peloponnese Processional Tune Love Song, Wedding Song
Let My Eyes Go See
Ας πα να δουν τα μάτια μου
Let my eyes go see for themselves
how my love spends her days,
lest she’s found another and fallen in love
and left me.
W...
Peloponnese Processional Tune Love Song, Wedding Song
Let My Eyes Go See
Ας πα να δουν τα μάτια μου
Let my eyes go see for themselves
how my love spends her days,
lest she’s found another and fallen in love
and left me.
W...
Asia Minor Children's Song, Numerative Song
Let’s Say One
One, let’s say one
one is the nightingale, and sweetly does she sing.
Let’s say two,
two partridges on the threshing floor...
Constantinople Fable Song (Ballad)
Little Apple Tree Perched on the Brink
Μηλίτσα που ’σαι στο γκρεμό
Little apple tree perched there on the brink,
perched on the brink weighed down with apples,
how I want your apples but fea...
Eastern Aegean Chios Couplets Sea and Sailors Song, Love Song
Little Ship, Where Are You Going
Little ship, where are you going shore to shore, come out so I can see you
You’ve cast a spell on me
and I am mad about you...