Our Fishing-Boat a Battered Hulk
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Kaklamaniko
The dance is danced by Kaklamans, a pumpkin serves as drum1.
In Trikeri’s old neighbourhood the Kaklamans were dancing.
The...
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All Attend at Church
Easter Dance
All attend –for sake of Christ– all attend at church
to exclaim that ‘Christ is Risen!’ and to hear the Word.
As for me, th...
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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 ...
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Down on the Sandy Beach
Down on the sandy beach, down by the water’s edge,
a girl was laundering her silver-threaded dress.
After rinsing it, she l...
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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.
...
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Fishermen, Have You Any Fish
– Hey fishermen, have you any fish,
any fish or squid or lobsters?
– We’ve got sardines all golden,
as golden as the maid ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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...