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Arta’s Βridge
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Σαράντα πέντε μάστοροι
Της Άρτας το γεφύρι
Σαράντα πέντε μάστοροι, ματάκια μου
κι εξήντα μαθητούδια, πού πας καρδιά καμέ[νη]
καμάρα ν-έχτιζαν γιαλό, καμάρα θεμελιώνουν,
όλη μερίτσα έχτιζαν κι απέ βραδίς χαλνούσεν.
Πουλάκι πάησι κι έκατσε ζερβά 'πό την καμάρα,
δεν κελαηδούσε σαν πουλί, σαν αγριοπούλι απού 'ταν,
μόν' κελαηδούσε κι έλεγε μ' ανθρώπινη λαλίτσα.
Αν δεν στοιχειώσ'τε άνθρωπο, καμάρα δε στεριώνει.
Information
- Region: Macedonia
- Area: Chalkidiki, Ierissos
- Categories: Ritual Song, Fable Song (Ballad)
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Kangeleftos
- Duration: 03:00
Collaborators
- Choir: Mixed choir
- Daouli (davul): Mathios Balabanis
- Informant (source of the song): Yannis Tsirigotis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1973.
Domna Samiou taped the song in Ierissos, Chalkidiki, sung by Yannis Tsirigotis, Eleni Tsirigoti, Alexandra Roumelianaki, Yiorgos Tzitzos and Yannis Migdis, in 1972.
Forty Five Craftsmen
Yannis Tsirigotis, Eleni Tsirigoti, Alexandra Roumelianaki, Yiorgos Tzitzos and Yannis Migdis. Ierissos, Chalkidiki 1972.
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