Who Ever Saw a Tree of Green
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Song
At the Casement of the House
At the casement of the house, where the priest’s wife lives,
at the casement of her home two black eyebrows sit.
They gaze ...
Song
Down at Aghia Marini
Down at Aghia Marini, at Virgin Mary's monastery
a twelve-year-old girl, joined the local nunnery.
She doesn't cross her fi...
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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 Went Aboard a Boat
I went aboard a boat but newly built,
aboard a boat but newly built, and landed at St George.
I sought the seaman, strong a...
Song
Little Birds of the East
English translation is not available. French translation follows:
Oiselets du levant
et rossignols du couchant,
rassemblez...
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No Father Had I
The Wine Bearer
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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Old Nun A-Cooking
A nun was frying fish and a voice,
A squeaky little voice, kept telling her over and over:
- Stop cooking, old maid,
And C...
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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...
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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...
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Young Kostantinos
The Evil Mother-In-Law
Young Kostantinos, young Konstantinos,
his mother had him young and betrothed him young
and he was young when he was called...