Who Was It Who Was Singing
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Song
A Sailor-Lads A-Dying
I heard the shouting and the cries, they filled the Cyprus straits.
I thought they must be slaughtering bulls or taming some...
Song
Andronikos and the Princess
Famed Andronikos, who was born and raised in riches,
started school on the 6th of the month and could read by the 7th.
By t...
Song
Andrónikos and His Black Steed
The nobles sit to eat and drink around a marble table,
a marble and a silver table, around a golden table,
and all do only ...
Song
Feasting Lords Eating and Drinking
Andronikos and His Steed
Some lords are eating and drinking at a marble table,
a table of marble, silver and gold,
they are all eating and drinking ...
Song
Kalomoiris and the Saracen
The Song of Armouris
Kalomoiris' youngest boy was born at night,
in the night before the cock crowed.
On the very same night that he was born, h...
Song
Shes a Girl From Amorgos
She’s a girl from Amorgos, ribbon, o my ribbon!
she wants to go out to sea, braided, ribbon mine!
But how? She cannot go to...
Song
The Apple Trees Complaint
In Konstantinos’ gardens a brook welled up,
because of which I planted an orchard
with apples and quinces, with laurels and...
Song
The Eagle and the Partridge
An eagle swooping over and over the mastic bushes
singing sad songs to the partridge
scratching in the earth below,
sorrow...
Song
Yannaros Expired (Explicit)
Yannaros –eh, boom-boom-boom– Yannaros expired.
Yannaros expired and willed, that son of Satan willed
they weren’t to bury ...
Song
Yannaros Expired (Explicit)
Yannaros –eh, boom-boom-boom– Yannaros expired.
Yannaros expired and willed, that son of Satan willed
they weren’t to bury ...
Στο σχόλιο υπάρχει μια παρανόηση. Ο Συρματικός δεν ανήκει στην εν λόγω ομάδα των δίφωνων τραγουδιών. Έχει μεν διφωνία, αλλά άλλου τύπου, μοναδική στο τοπικό ρεπερτόριο. Τα τραγούδια που αναφέρει ο Μπο-Μποβί λέγονταν μόνο στην Κάτω Κάρπαθο (όχι στην Όλυμπο), από δύο μόνο άτομα (όχι έναν + χορωδία), ήταν γυναικεία, και οι δύο φωνές έλεγαν τα λόγια (εδώ η χορωδία λέει αλλού λόγια κι αλλού απλώς «εεε»), και δεν υπήρχε συνοδεία οργάνων, ενώ στον Συρματικό κανονικά υπάρχει και απλώς λείπει από τη συγκεκριμένη ηχογράφηση.
Τα δίφωνα κατωχωρίτικα γυναικεία τραγούδια έχουν πλέον χαθεί από τη ζωντανή μουσική πράξη. Ο Συρματικός λέγεται ταχτικότατα σε όλο το νησί.