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Lyrics

I would I were a bird to fly high up above the hill-tops,
and so survey what lies below in distant foreign countries
that I might see my well-beloved, might see the man I’ll marry,
the kind of lodgings where he stays...

Translated by John Leatham

Original Lyrics

Να 'μαν πουλί να πέταγα

Να ’μαν πουλί να πέταγα ψηλά στα κορφοβούνια
ν’ αγνάντευα ολόγυρα στα μακρινά τα ξένα
να ’βλεπα την αγάπη μου, να ’βλεπα τον καλό μου,
σε τι σαντήρια κάθεται...

Information

  • Region: Thrace
  • Type: Table Song
  • Categories: Immigration Song
  • Rhythm: Free rythm
  • Duration: 03:35

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou

Albums

  • Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • Songs About Greeks Far From Home

Recording information

Studio recording, 1989.


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