Sotiris Krissilias
Biographical Note
A resident of the village of Agios Dimitrios in South Euboea who could play the lyra and sing. Domna Samiou met him in 1976, when he was 87, and he sang for her the songs A nun with child, A fair maid did sing and others.
In the TV program Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou - Euboea, Karystos (ΕΡΤ - 1977), old Sotiris Krissilias performed the song A fair maid did sing.
Songs
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...
Central Greece Euboea, Agios Dimitrios Acritic Song
A Nun With Child (The Song of Porphyris)
Καλογριά γκαστρώθηκε
A nun swelled up with child and bore a manly boy.
Within a month he was carrying a sword, within a year a musket
and at thr...
Albums
Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes
Singer
CD
Folk Fables in Song
Informant (source of the song)
CD