Tricked by the Birds
See also
Song
Fair Evgenoula
Charon and the Maid
Evgenoula, the fair maid beloved by all,
went and boasted she had no fear of death,
that she had houses tall and a sweethea...
Song
Giannos and Vangelio
Giannos and Vangelio went to the same school,
Giannos to learn to read and write, Vangelio to sing.
Giannos fell in love an...
Song
I Passed by and Bade Good Day
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...
Song
I Will Climb a Mountain High
With golden adz and silver saw
I climb a mountain high,
up where the best trees grow.
To cut boughs of laurel and apple an...
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
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...
Song
May
May's come,
May's come and spring,
summer’s come
when the perfumed roses bloom.
I’ve a white rose I want to dye
and if I...
Song
One Easter Day, One Sunday
The Sinner
One Easter Day, one Sunday,
on a holy day, my little bird,
a mother was adorning her son
one Saturday from dawn to dusk,
...
Song
The Dead Brother
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...
Song
The Love of Yannos and Marigo
Yannos and Marigo went to the same school.
Yannos could read and write, Marigo could sing.
They loved each other, no one kn...
Song
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...
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...
