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Song
Our Tráta All Tattered
Our battered old boat and its tattered old nets
patched over and over and yet always torn.
Our old boat
needs sails,
Our ...
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
Easter Couplets
Easter Dance
Easter has come round again, throw out the koukouràs1
and put a red egg laid this year upon the ikon stand2.
Glad returns o...
Song
Exile Is the Greatest Hardship
Marouli
Exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting
but oh, that greeting “Welcome home”, oh that Maroúli,1 is bliss.
...
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
I See Some Ships Approaching Port
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
Song
It Is May Month
Necrolatric Dance of Spring
It is May month, the spring is here and soon it will be summer,
but now the deer are pleasuring and finding spring content.
...
Song
My Son, Why Dont You Go and Wash?
Necrolatric Dance of Easter
– My son, why don’t you go and wash, why don’t you change your clothing?
Today, my child, is Easter Day, you’ll go and take ...
Song
Song of Saint George
Easter Dance
O sainted George and honoured master, rider of the grey horse,
accoutred with a trusty sword and with a golden lance,
it is...
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...
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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...
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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...