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The Sounds of the Chains

Όσο βαρούν τα σίδερα
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Original Lyrics
Όσο βαρούν τα σίδερα
Όσο βαρούν τα σίδερα βαρούν τα μαύρα ρούχα
γιατί τα φόρεσα κι εγώ για μια ν-αγάπη που ’χα.
Eίχα και υστερήθηκα, θυμούμαι και στενάζω,
άνοιξε γη μέσα να μπω, κόσμο να μην κοιτάζω.
Information
- Region: Crete
- Type: Couplets
- Categories: Sad and Plaintive Song
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Duration: 03:14
Collaborators
- Singer: Domna Samiou
- Lute: Petros Karbadakis, Ilias Nikiforakis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1973.
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