A Little Seedling
See also
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 Maid Was Singing Longingly
A maid was singing longingly inside a high-walled palace,
her voice was caught up on the breeze and carried off to seaward,
...
Song
A Maid Would Have Her Way
A maid would go
would go a-strolling
and then go back again.
She called her neighbours together
yes, by Saint George
and...
Song
Childrens Holy Week Song
Holy Monday – the butcher’s knife
Holy Tuesday – Christ in hiding
Holy Wednesday – Christ arrested
Maundy Thursday – Chris...
Song
Good Women Bearing Palms
Lazarus Saturday Carol
Come, Holy Virgin, come along and see these women bearing palms,
good women bearing palms, good souls, bend down a little wa...
Song
I Climbed up the Cherry-Tree
I climbed up the cherry-tree
Marie, Maria, Marigo,
to pick a cherry
vái tzigitzéla, vái tzigitzó.
The couple just now joi...
Song
I Want to Climb up to the Top
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...
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
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
On Saint George's Eve
On Saint George’s eve, as Saint George’s day was ending,
a princess was rigging a solid gold frigate
with sails of pure sil...
Song
Ribbon Interwined
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...
Song
Selim
Our boat is rigged, élessa-yialéssa,
and goes to cast nets, elessa-yialessa.
Élli, yiamóli, yiássa, íssa, hó!
Vré háide, v...