• Increase font size
  • Decrease font size
  • Ελληνικά
  • English

Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Δημοτικής Μουσικής Δόμνα Σαμίου

Menu
  • Domna Samiou
    • Domna Samiou
    • Contents
      • Domna Samiou
      • Biography
      • A Tale of a Life
      • Others on Domna
    • richmenu_01
      A tale of a life
      Homeless During the Civil War
      richmenu
      richmenu_02
      A tale of a life
      Next to Her Mentor Simon Karas
      richmenu_03
      Socrates Sinopoulos
      A Teacher-Student Relationship
  • Her Work
    • Her Work
    • Contents
      • Her Work
      • Discography
      • List of Songs
      • Concerts
      • "Musical Travelogue"
      • Press Clippings and Interviews
      • Collaborators
      • Domna Samiou Archives
      • Selections
    • richmenu_kalanta
      Musical Selections
      Christmas, New Year & Epiphany Carols
      richmenu
      richmenu_ton_akriton--3
      New release
      Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes
      richmenu
      richmenu_nikos_papavramidis
      Collaborators
      Nikos Papavramidis
      pa623_main_nikos_stefanidis--2
      Collaborators
      Nikos Stefanidis (1890-1983)
      richmenu
  • The Association
    • The Association
    • Contents
      • The Association
      • About Us
      • Activities
      • The Association's Releases
      • Events
      • Sponsors and Donors
      • Web Links
    • association_richmenu_en_v3
      Activities
      Domna Samiou Archives
      richmenu
      association_richmenu_en_v3
      The Association
      The Board and the Members
      richmenu
  • The Choir
    • The Choir
    • The Lessons
    • The Teachers
    • Contact the Choir
  • Translator's Notes
    • Translator's Notes
    • Musical Instruments
    • Pronunciation Notes
  • Contact
Sign in Show/Hide Search Form

You are at: Home page Her Work List of Songs I’ll Jump From the Railings

d11_cover
I’ll Jump From the Railings
d11_cover
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Send with e-mail

Απ' τα κάγκελα θα πέσω

Listen

Lyrics

I’ll jump from the railings, I’ll fall to my death
and my love calls out “For the love of God, catch him!”
You’re white as snow, red as fire,
like the marbles in Aghia Sophia, in Constantinople.

Original Lyrics

Απ' τα κάγκελα θα πέσω

Aπ’ τα κάγκελα θα πέσω, πέφτω για να σκοτωθώ
κι η αγάπη μου φωνάζει, πιάστε τον για το Θεό.

Eίσαι άσπρη σαν το χιόνι, κόκκινη σαν τη φωτιά,
σαν τα μάρμαρα της Πόλης που ’ναι στην Aγια-Σοφιά.

Information

  • Region: Macedonia
  • Type: Couplets
  • Categories: Love Song
  • Rhythm: 4 beats
  • Duration: 01:48

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou

Albums

  • My Emigrated Bird
  • Music from Greece: Domna Samiou

Notes

Domna Samiou sings a cappella, in a slow 4/4 rhythm, erotic couplets she recorded in Macedonia, but which were in all likelihood brought there by refugees from Asia Minor. We often encounter the two couplets sung here in other compositions from the Asia Minor coast and the islands of the eastern Aegean sung in a karsilamás (9/8) dance rhythm.  Miranda Terzopoulou (2018)

Recording information

Studio recording, 1979.


Another version of the song by Domna Samiou

Member Comments

0 Comments

Post a comment


up to 2000
Login to post a comment

See also

d14_badge
Song
Roumbalia
They sent me a carnation plant, Roumbaliá, Roumbaliá, from the land of the Franks, and the pot is made of marble, Roumbaliá...
d25_04_badge--2
Song
They Took the City
They took the City, they took Salonika and they took Haghia Sophia along with it. And they took Haghia Sophia, the Great Mo...
d14_badge
Song
You Have Entangled Me
You have entangled me, you have, like a bee, I am fed up being your slave and also your ransomer, my little one. You have...
d28_badge
Song
A Fair Maid Did Sing
A fair maid did sing out in the moonlight, but the gentle wind took her song and swept it out to sea and every boat that h...
d27_badge
Song
A Maid Was Singing
The Wife Scorned A maid was singing in a high-walled palace. The wind swept her voice out to sea and every ship that heard it reefed its sai...
d27_badge
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...
d18_badge
Song
Five and Ten Priests' Wives (Explicit)
Five and ten –now harken here– five and ten priests’ wives there were, five and ten priests’ wives there were and nuns to th...
d21_badge
Song
Great Sorrow Was Expressed
Great sorrow was expressed in Mesolonghi town; for they are taking Markos to the church, my lads. They’re taking Markos to ...
d23_badge
Song
I Wish to Climb a Mountain Height
I wish to climb, I wish to climb, to climb a mountain height Roidou, sweet Roidou, dear, to breast a marble height. Oh, gat...
d20_06_badge_aiani
Song
It is the feast of Lazarus
Lazarus Saturday Carol It is the feast of Lazarus, the feast of Palms is nigh. – Where were you, Lazarus, where did you hide yourself? – Why, I wa...
d33_badge
Song
Mother Send Me for Water
d40_badge
Song
My Love Is to Wed
My love is to wed and marry my rival, but it’s not that that pains me so, it pains me that she's asked me to be their best ...
d12_badge
Song
Perperouna
dvd2_badge
Song
The Poor Girls (Explicit)
d34_badge
Song
Three Black-Eyed Girls
  • Home page
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact
  • Sitemap
Follow us
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
Subscribe to Newsletter
To Top
© 2010-2014 Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Powered by TOOLIP Web Content Management Designed & developed by EWORX S.A.