A Little Seedling
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Song
Dili Dili
Dili, dili, dili, dili the lamp shone
as the maid embroidered her kerchief.
The rat went and nicked the wick
from the lamp...
Song
A Prince Is to Be Wed
Evil In-Laws
A prince is to be wed
to a dark-eyed bride whose folk sought refuge here.
His bride-to-be’s from uprooted stock,
little re...
Song
As Long as the Shore
The Maid Slain by Her Brothers
As long as the shore,
as long as the shore and as wide as the sea,
that’s the span of the yarn
a maid had laid out in her ...
Song
Early last summer
Early last summer
I set my sights on a little bird
But chase as I would, lust as I might,
She’d always take flight.
She s...
Song
I Want to Savour All the Months
I want to savour all the months, I want to know them all,
but oh , not March, I can’t abide the dreadful month of March.
Th...
Song
If I Had an Bitter Orange
If I had an bitter orange, moré,
I’d throw it at the window opposite.
Sweet Rhodo1, I’d send that vase a-crashing.
I’d sma...
Song
Karsilamas dance from Marmara
May this Bállos last, last until morning
that the girls may dance with their mates!
Ah, my barber boy,
come, embrace my ne...
Song
Let’s Say One
One, let’s say one
one is the nightingale, and sweetly does she sing.
Let’s say two,
two partridges on the threshing floor...
Song
May
May's come,
May's come and spring,
summer’s come
when the perfumed roses bloom.
I've a white rose I want to dye
and if I...
Song
Selim
Our boat is rigged, élessa-yialéssa,
and goes to cast nets, elessa-yialessa.
Élli, yiamóli, yiássa, íssa, hó!
Vré háide, v...
Song
So Many Lies
We’ve told so many lies, a truth now let us tell,
we loaded forty pumpkins on a mouse’s tail.
The pumpkins full of water,
...
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You wear white
You wear white and hold white and white is your dress
And white the flowers that swoon at your passing.
Dance, sweet bride,...