On This Day "Christ Is Risen"!
Four Easter songs from Domna Samiou’s discography
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The songs Today, my dark-eyed beauty and Just like Easter Sunday are from the disc Easter Songs.
The tune Syrtos dance of Kythnos is from the disc A Stroll with Domna Samiou.
The tune Sereanitsa is from the unreleased collection Songs of Asia Minor by Domna Samiou.
See also
Song
All Attend at Church
Easter Dance
All attend –for sake of Christ– all attend at church
to exclaim that ‘Christ is Risen!’ and to hear the Word.
As for me, th...
Song
Arta’s Bridge
Down on the shore where land meets sea,
where the world ends,
they set to building a bridge,
but the bridge would not stan...
Song
Down in the Open Countryside
Down in the open countryside – why, down there, don’t you see?
down there, where all those flowers are blooming,
that’s whe...
Song
For a Whole Seven Weeks...
For a whole seven weeks, my love, I did not speak to you;
because it was the time of Lent, I feared I’d make you sin.
I can...
Song
Glory Be to Every Day
Priests' Dance
Glory be to every day and to the Son and Father
and to the Holy Spirit that’s divine and life-creating.
Glory be to all the...
Song
It’s Eastertime
Easter Dance
It’s Eastertime, my lithe and lissome one, my lithe and lissome one,
the greatest of all feasts,
you fair-haired ones, you ...
Song
Just Like Easter Sunday
How wonderful if every day were just like Easter Sunday,
when girls put on their finery and dress as gentlefolk do.
Come on...
Song
Leilalim (Lilac-sweet)
Easter Dance
Oh, I’m standing on the castle height,
lilac-sweet, my love, my love, lilac-sweet, lilac-sweet.
I am all of twelve years ol...
Song
Now Hear Me,…
Easter Dance Song
Now hear me, you who leads the dance and you who twists and tangles
direct the dance along a course resembling reeds a-swayi...
Song
The Song of Saint George
A monster plagues our land curled up in a deep well.
We feed it poor townsfolk every morn and every night,
but when a day g...
Song
Today, My Dark-Eyed Beauty
Easter Dance
Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!’
today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!, he’s taken up to heaven.
Today, my ...
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Song
Why, It Was Easter Day
Easter Dance Song
Why, it was Easter Day, good George, t’was Easter,
the day of happy tidings, my good George,
a day of happy tidings, dear D...
Song
Zaphiris
Zaphiris, you’re a tubby lad, you’re short and roly-poly,
the door locks are all rusted up and weeds have choked the doorway...