Yannis Parisis
Biographical Note
Born in 1912 in Skiathos. He was knowledgeable in the local traditions, and worked with Domna Samiou, recounting many songs and customs in her information-collecting trips to the island between 1974 and 1977, and in Athens in 1997.
Songs
Sporades Skiathos Fable Song (Ballad)
A Little Shorty (Skiathos)
Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Σκιάθος)
A short little man had a beautiful wife.
The whole neighbourhood was jealous, and all the land
and a pasha, a pasha envied ...
Sporades Skiathos Carol Christmas Carol, Ritual Song
Christmas Carol (Skiathos)
Χριστούγεννα Πρωτούγεννα
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
Βλέπω καράβια κι έρχονται
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
Sporades Skiathos Easter Song, Fable Song (Ballad) | Ritual Song
Song of Saint George (Easter Dance)
Το τραγούδι του Aϊ-Γιώργη
O sainted George and honoured master, rider of the grey horse,
accoutred with a trusty sword and with a golden lance,
it is...
Sporades Skiathos Sea and Sailors Song
The Great North Wind Blew
The Great North Wind blew throughout the land
and all those, kalé, all those ships that heard him
made it safely into shore...
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
We Kissed Each Other in the Night
We kissed each other in the night, and who could see us then?
I’ll tell you, dear, the star saw us, and dawn saw us as well....
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
Whoever Saw a Tree of Green
Ποιος είδε πράσινο δεντρί
Whoever saw a tree of green,
with eyes of black and a blond sheen
and royal blue leaves to boot,
eyes black, eyebrows dark...
Albums
A Stroll with Domna Samiou
Informant (source of the song)
LP
Christmas, New Year and Epiphany Carols
Informant (source of the song)
CD
Domna Samiou At Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
Informant (source of the song)
CD
Easter Songs
Informant (source of the song)
CD
Folk Fables in Song
Informant (source of the song)
CD
Of Nature and of Love
Informant (source of the song)
CD
Perperouna
Informant (source of the song)
LP
Songs of Dame Sea
Informant (source of the song)
CD
The Earth’s Three Bounties
Informant (source of the song)
Unreleased collection
The Great North Wind and Other Traditional Songs for Children
Informant (source of the song)
CD