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Peloponnese Sea and Sailors Song
Three Slender Girls
Three slender girls, three slender girls set out together,
they were all three, my friend, all three were dark-eyed girls.
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Thrace Carol Epiphany Carol, Ritual Song
Today Is Epiphany, Feast of Light (Thrace)
Σήμιρα τα Φώτα κι φουτισμός
Peloponnese Couplets Easter Song, Ritual Song
Today, My Dark-Eyed Beauty (Easter Dance)
Σήμερα Xριστός Aνέστη
Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!’
today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!, he’s taken up to heaven.
Today, my ...
Macedonia Historical Song
Up Siátista Way
Up Siátista way, just up from Kastoriá,
will you not weep mothers, mothers and children?
They killed Pavlos, Pavlos Melás
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Peloponnese Love Song
Vassilo Kalamatiani
Βασίλω Καλαματιανή
Hey there, Vassílo, o lass from Kalamáta, ah...
Vasso, my dear Vassílo,
hey there, o lass from Mikrománi.
Oh tut, my dear ...
Central Greece Klephtic Song
What Ails You, Poor Plane-Tree?
What ails you, poor plane-tree?
Your roots draw water, amán,
your roots draw well, yet you stand there limp,
your roots dr...
Central Greece Klephtic Song
What Ails You, Poor Plane-Tree?
Τ' έχεις καημένε πλάτανε
What ails you, poor plane-tree?
Your roots draw water, amán,
your roots draw well, yet you stand there limp,
your roots dr...
Macedonia Immigration Song
White Doves O Mine, White Ring-Doves
White doves o’ mine, white ring-doves, black-hued birds o’ mine,
you fly so high above us, traversing the sky.
Come down, a...
Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Love Song
Who Ever Saw a Tree of Green
Ποιός είδε πράσινο δεντρί
Who ever saw a tree of green,
with silver leaves to boot,
my little black-eyed girl,
eyes black, eyebrows dark as soot.
I...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Easter Song, Ritual Song | Local Event
Why, It Was Easter Day (Easter Dance Song)
Why, it was Easter Day, good George, t’was Easter,
the day of happy tidings, my good George,
a day of happy tidings, dear D...
Asia Minor Smyrna, Baindiri Couplets Love Song
You, Sweet Lass
Καλέ συ
Oh, those gentle, melting eyes -
amán, I’m done for, oh amán!
tell me where you found them, lass -
yes, you, sweet lass, ...