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Άνοιξε, χείλι μ' άνοιξε
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Άνοιξε, χείλι μ' άνοιξε
Άνοιξε, χείλι μ' άνοιξε γλυκά να τραγουδήσεις
για την καημένη την καρδιά την παραπονεμένη,
ώρες με βάζει και γελώ, ώρες με κάν' και κλαίω.
Πολύ βαριά αρρώστησα...
Information
- Region: Thrace
- Categories: Sad and Plaintive Song
- Rhythm: Free rythm
- Duration: 03:44
Collaborators
- Singer: Chronis Aidonidis
- Musical supervision: Domna Samiou
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Recording information
Studio recording, in 1961. Released in extended play 45 rpm disc (Philips 8433, 1961) supervised by Domna Samiou (Recordings in 45 RPM), in 1961 in LP Songs of the Sea and of the Highlands (Philips 600506 PR, 1961), in 1969, in LP Songs and Tunes from all Around Greece (Fidelity 0320 PL, 1969). Later, in 2008, Yiorgos Tsambras included the track in the CD collection Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969 (Universal Music, 2008).
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