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Pontus Immigration Song, Wedding Song
A Cretan Ship
- A Cretan ship, nor large nor small,
just two and forty cubits long,
brought me to strange and unknown lands.
- O alien, ...
Central Greece Euboea, Agios Dimitrios Fable Song (Ballad)
A Fair Maid Did Sing
Κόρη ξανθή τραγούδησε
A fair maid sang up upon a rope bridge,
but the bridge collapsed, and the river stood still.
And the river spirit came to h...
Thessaly Magnesia, Trikeri Fable Song (Ballad)
A Fair Trikeriotissa
A fair Trikeriotissa, a comely Trikeri girl,
is mistress of a silver loom that has an ivory heddle.
As she spooled threads ...
Peloponnese Klephtic Song
A Maid Decided
A maid decided to join the klephts
and set fire, vr’ amán och amán,
she set fire to her loom.
She set fire to her loom, to...
Thrace Evros, Nea Vyssa Fable Song (Ballad)
A Mother Has a Son
Μια μάνα έχει ένα γιο
A mother has a son, the apple of her eye,
and the neighbourhood would have him,
’tis a wonder the very mountains do not cru...
Propontis Nicomedea, Katirli Fable Song (Ballad)
A Prince Is to Be Wed (Evil In-Laws)
Αρχοντογιός παντρεύεται
A prince is to be wed
to a dark-eyed bride whose folk sought refuge here.
His bride-to-be’s from uprooted stock,
little re...
Central Greece Fthiotida, Amphicleia Wedding Song
A Slender Girl Is to Be Wed
Παντρεύεται μια λυγερή
Macedonia Kozani, Eani Carol Saturday of Lazarus Carol, Ritual Song
A Teacher Seated Himself Down (Lazarus Saturday Carol)
Γραμματικός ηκάθουνταν
A teacher seated himself down upon a block of marble
and started writing with his pen, and knocked his ink-well over,
the i...
Central Greece Attiki Couplets | Processional Tune Love Song, Local Song
A Walk in Sergiani
Σεργιάνι 'ναι στη Σεργιανή
Peloponnese Love Song
All the Birds, Two by Two
Όλα τα πουλάκια ζυγά-ζυγά
All the birds, amàn amàn,
the birds nest two by two,
all the birds two by two,
the swallow with his mate.
The lonesome ni...
Peloponnese Immigration Song
All Turn Their Gaze upon the Sun
All turn their gaze upon the sun that's on the point of setting,
and yet the girl who's sore at heart is looking out to seaw...
Thessaly Magnesia, Keramidi Historical Song, National Legends and Laments
Amidst Three Seas
Ανάμεσα τρεις θάλασσες
Peloponnese Processional Tune Love Song
Beam, Dear Moon
Φώτα το φεγγαράκι μου
– Come on beam, dear moon,
shine, moon dear, and light the way to my love.
Beam high and low, for it’s muddy and wet;
beam...
Thrace Carol Christmas Carol, Ritual Song
Christmas Carol (Thrace)
Χριστός γιννιέται, χαρά στουν κόσμου