Old Nun A-Cooking
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Old Nun A-Cooking
A nun was frying fish and a voice,
a shrill high voice, kept telling her again and again:
'Stop cooking, old maid,
and Con...
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Twelve Little Evzones
Twelve young evzones decided,
Holy Virgin, they decided to go to war.
On their way, Holy Virgin,
upon the black sea a blac...
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All the Captains' Women
All the captains’ women went
and bowed down before Ali Pasha, before the vezir,
but Leni, Bótsaris’ Leni, will not bow her ...
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Great Joy Across the Land
Great joy across the land, great joy in every village
and all in the best, the best of spirits
save Rhodes, poor ill-fated ...
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Hey Mountains of Grevená
Hey mountains of Grevená,
hey mountain pine of Métsovo,
can’t you dip a little lower.
Dip two rifle shots so we can see Gr...
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How Joyous Are the Mountains
Hey, how joyous are the mountains,
how joyous the mountains and proud the plains.
The Virgin is celebrating today,
and the...
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Katsantonis
Hail, high mountains
and you, low hills, hail dear Katsantónis
and you, low-lying hills, my captain hail.
And you Tzoumérk...
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Kostantis the Only Son
Kostantis the only son, young and cosseted,
his mother's only son, her precious darling.
She'd scrub him, comb his hair and...
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Kítsos' Mother
Kitsos’ mother sat on the river bank
scolding the river.
Scolding the river and pelting it with stones.
‘River flow less, ...
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Maria’ S Gone to Pick Some Lilac
Maria’s gone to pick some lilac, a nightingale is singing,
she goes to gather lilac blossom in vineyards and in paddocks.
A...
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On Tríkorfa Peak
’Tis on Tríkorfa, up on the peak
that Kolokotronis is fighting,
and ’tis on Tríkorfa, high on the ridge
that the blood flo...
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The Son of the Armenian
The son of the Armenian boasted, my beautiful blue eyes,
to a pasha, his master, sing my lovely nightingale.
– My master, I...
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The Swallows of Vlachiá
The Sack of Adrianoúpolis
The swallows of Vlachiá and the birds of the West
weeping late and weeping early, weeping at noon,
weeping for ravaged Adri...
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When the City Was Founded
When the angels the City did found
with water from the Holy Mount
and clay from Chios and tiles from Adrianoúpolis.
And wh...