Traiani and Theodor Pitsanis

Biographical Note

Traiani and Theodor Pitsanis were residents of the village of Kitros in Pieria, having settled there as refugees from Bana, Eastern Rumelia. In the 1970s, during their stay in Athens in order to make some appearances at the Dora Stratou Theatre, Yiorgos Amarantidis taped them singing twenty-four songs of Eastern Rumelia, and gave the tape to Domna Samiou for inclusion in her archive.

Songs

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Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Fable Song (Ballad), Philosophical Song
I Passed by and Bade Good Day
Πέρασα καλημέρισα I passed by and bid four black eyes good day, four lips, dear Daphne, four red lips. Four red lips and two lithe, slender f...
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Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Fable Song (Ballad), Prison Song
No Father Had I (The Wine Bearer)
Εγώ είμαι ορφανό παιδί No father had I, my mother was a widow. My mother was a widow and sold me, sold me into service to a good master. My maste...
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Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Fable Song (Ballad)
The Dead Brother
Του νεκρού αδελφού What a mother, vai aman aman, what a fine mother, what a mother, ela giareni mou ela, what a fine mother is she with, vai a...
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Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Immigration Song
You Drive Me Mother out from Home
You drive me, mother, out from home, in truth though I’ll be going. I’ll migrate with the little birds and with the long-win...

Albums