Category: Carnival Song
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Central Greece Carnival Song, Philosophical Song
I Have Grown Old, Goddam It
Γέρασα, μωρέ παιδιά
– I have grown old, goddammit, friends, I have grown old and cannot now,
I have grown old and cannot now sing the songs I us...
Central Greece Carnival Song
If I Could Be Upon the Shore (Explicit)
Να 'μουν νύχτα στο γιαλό
If I could be, if I could be, could be upon the shore at night
to light a lamp, to light a lamp, to light a lamp so I might ...
Central Greece Carnival Song
If I Could Be Upon the Shore (Explicit)
Να ’μουν νύχτα στο γιαλό
If I could be, if I could be, could be upon the shore at night
to light a lamp, to light a lamp, to light a lamp so I might ...
Cyclades Naxos Carnival Song, Philosophical Song
It Is the Custom Every Year
Τούτες οι μέρες το 'χουνε
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
Cyclades Naxos Couplets Philosophical Song, Carnival Song
It Is the Custom Every Year
Τούτες οι μέρες το ’χουνε
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
Dodecanese Kos, Antimacheia Carnival Song
Lingeri
Λιγγέρι
English translation is not available. The lyrics in French follows:
Frappe avec ta bague, ma brunette, sur le ‘linguéraki’1
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Macedonia Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Now List, Good Man (Explicit)
Γι’ ακούσατε τι θα σας πω
Now list, good man, just list to me, to what I have to tell.
Just list to what I have to tell of what befell a widow,
a wre...
Macedonia Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Now List, Good Man (Explicit)
Γι’ ακούσατε τι θα σας πω
Now list, good man, just list to me, to what I have to tell.
Just list to what I have to tell of what befell a widow,
a wre...
Macedonia Kozani Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
Old Grandfather Rangavelas (Explicit)
Ου παππούς ου Ραγκαβέλας
Old grandfather1 bre, bre, bre, old grandfather Rangavélas,
old grandfather Rangavélas had an ass that limped along;
dummy ...
Thessaly Larissa, Drymos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
On the Final Days of Carnival (Explicit)
Την Τρανή την Αποκριά
On the final, bré, bré, bré, the final days of Carnival,
on the final days of Carnival, of Shrovetide abstinence from food,
...
Thessaly Larissa, Tyrnavos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
On the Last Days of Carnival (Explicit)
Τις Μιγάλις Απουκριές
On the last days ho, ho! on the last days of Carnival,
on the last days of Carnival the fires are truly fanned
and women ar...
Thessaly Larissa, Tyrnavos Carnival Song, Bawdy Song
On the Last Days of Carnival (Explicit)
Τις Μιγάλις Απουκριές
On the last days ho, ho! on the last days of Carnival,
on the last days of Carnival the fires are truly fanned
and women ar...
Epirus Arta, Grammenitsa Instrumental Carnival Song
The Maypole and Other Local Carnival Traditions
Γαϊτανάκι & Παρωδία γάμου
