Category: Love Song
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Macedonia Love Song
Little Bird in a Cage
A little bird I had in a cage, by Saint Paraskevi
a sweet-smelling creature with the sweetest nature.
I fed her sugar – for...
Epirus Love Song
Little Lemon Tree
Κοντούλα λεμονιά
Hey little lemon tree, short little lemon tree
from Vissàni, heavy with fruit,
I didn’t see you last night and now I’m sick...
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...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Love Song
Little White Bird A-Sitting
Άσπρο πουλάκι κάθεται
There sits my little white bird, my fair white bird,
sitting on a green branch.
A white bird sitting on a green branch
gro...
Thrace Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
May
Λεν ήρθι Μάης κι Άνοιξη
May's come,
May's come and spring,
summer’s come
when the perfumed roses bloom.
I've a white rose I want to dye
and if I...
Thrace Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
May
Μάης
May's come,
May's come and spring,
summer’s come
when the perfumed roses bloom.
I’ve a white rose I want to dye
and if I...
Cyclades Kythnos, Dryopida Couplets Love Song, Spring Song
May Is Come
May is come and bids me reap but for his sake
I shall not go and darken in the sun.
May, dear May with the flowers
and s...
Asia Minor Couplets Love Song
May Your Window Catch Fire
Το παραθύρι σ’ να καεί
May your window catch fire and your door cave in
so I may get my hands
on your divine body.
You sit at your window with ot...
Eastern Aegean Couplets Love Song
My Aching Breast
Το πονεμένο στήθος μου
My aching breast may well pain me, but does not speak of it,
and though my lips may sing a song, my heart does weep within.
...
Asia Minor Love Song
My Curly Basil
Σγουρέ βασιλικέ μου
My curly basil, when did you grow so
and spread your branches, little one,
and steal my wits away?
Oh curly basil, dear li...
Asia Minor Smyrna Couplets Love Song
My Heartless Love (Smyrna's Bálos)
Καλέ, δε με λυπάσαι
My heartless love,
do you not feel for me
as you don your finery
and I lose myself for love of thee?
Come kiss me quick
...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Love Song
My Love Has Sent for Me
Με μήνυσε η αγάπη μου
My love has sent for me, she’s my heart’s desire,
to go to her and kiss her. Shine, dear moon, shine upon her,
so I may go ...
Macedonia Chalkidiki, Ierissos Love Song, Wedding Song
My Love Is Getting Married
Η αγάπη μου παντρεύεται