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I Climbed up the Cherry-Tree

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I climbed up the cherry-tree
Marie, Maria, Marigo,
to pick a cherry
vái tzigitzéla, vái tzigitzó.
The couple just now joined
let them live together till they’re old.
Let them have twelve children,
twelve fine lads and a girl,
so the family will grow.
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
Original Lyrics
Ανέβηκα στην κερασιά
Ανέβηκα στην κερασιά, Μαρί- Μαρία, Μαριγώ,
να κόψω ένα κεράσι, βάι τζιγκιτζέλα, βάι τζιγκιτζό.
Τ’ αντρόγυνο που γίνηκε,
να ζήσει, να γεράσει.
Να κάνει δώδεκα παιδιά,
δώδεκα παλικάρια,
να κάνει κι ένα θηλυκό
να μη χαθεί το σόι.
Information
- Region: Ionian islands
- Area: Corfu
- Categories: Wedding Song, Wish Well
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Local dance
- Duration: 02:15
Collaborators
- Singer: Ioanna Oikonomidou
- Violin: Nikos Oikonomidis
- Constantinopolitan lute: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Lute: Kostas Philippidis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 2005.
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