Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Δημοτικής Μουσικής Δόμνα Σαμίου

This children’s song has been identified with the popular legend of the ‘secret school’, a national myth articulated by Greek scholars after the 1821 revolution which every generation since has taken in with their mother’s milk. According to oral tradition, children would sing it on their way to and back from schools, which, being banned by the Ottoman authorities, they had to attend in secret at night. The image is supposed by some to have helped raise children’s awareness of Greek letters. Miranda Terzopoulou (2007)

Studio recording, 2005.