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Peloponnese Acritic Song, Wedding Song
Now the Birds...
Τώρα τα πουλιά
Now the birds, now the swallows,
Now the partridges do not cease singing and saying:
– Awake, my lord, awake, my good lord,...
Peloponnese Wedding Song, For the Bride
O Bitter Orange in Full Leaf
O, bitter orange in full leaf, o leafy bitter orange,
Where is your blossom, bitter orange, where are your blooms?
Where is...
Dodecanese Kastellorizo Wedding Song
Sousta from Kastellorizo
Καστελλοριζιανή σούστα - Μάνα χαρά μεγάλη
Cyclades Paros Love Song, Wedding Song
The Boastful Partridge
A partridge fair bragged to all she met
that there was no hunter in the land,
no hunter in the land could bag her.
When th...
Pontus Immigration Song, Wedding Song
The orphan maid is wed & Beloved stranger so far away
Τ' ορφανέσας το νυφέπαρμαν & Ξένε μ' ξενιτεμένε
They stay with the bride for two days, for three,
Her dress they give her and her veil, but no wedding crown.1
Beloved st...
Peloponnese Achaia, Plataniotisa Couplets Wedding Song
The Sky Is Shining Today
Σήμερα λάμπει ο ουρανός
Asia Minor Erythraea, Meli Couplets Love Song, Wedding Song
The Young Meliots
Τα Μελιωτάκια
Two young Meliots got up to dance the syrtos,
they will ask us for songs and commendations.
Come, let us go over there and ...
Eastern Aegean Samothrace Couplets Wedding Song
There She Comes, The Pretty Bride
Πάλ' ήρθει πάλι πρόβαλε