I Sold My Boat
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Exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting
but oh, that greeting “Welcome home”, oh that Maroúli,1 is bliss.
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Marouli
Exile Is the Greatest Hardship
True, exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting,
but oh, that greeting 'Welcome home', oh that, Marouli, is b...
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I had a ribbon at the weaver’s and felt at the tailor’s,
and a loved one in a foreign land,
and him I’m waiting for,
oh, a...
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I weep and find no peace, as I lie remembering her at night.
The Aegean,...
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A Partridge I Did Tame
A partridge I did tame, through April ‘til May came,
the tamer she became, the more she did complain.
All afire deep inside...
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I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
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I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top
of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof.
I want to pi...
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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 Words Gone Round
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those brave and comely Cretan lads, have now cast ...
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When You Go off to Foreign Lands
When you go off to foreign lands, my love, don’t stay a year there,
because it’s more than I can bear, the pain of separatio...
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You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea
You quench your thirst from every source, o sea, from every river,
and spare us not a single one of our most manly menfolk.
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