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Το μλαρ, το μλαρ

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Original Lyrics

Το μλαρ, το μλαρ

Σήκω βρε Kατίγκω και άψε το φανάρ
να πάμε γύρου γύρου πα κι εύρομε το μλαρ.

Tο μλαρ, το μλαρ
δεν πάγω στο Πλωμάρ.

Πα στον ανεμόμ’λο γύριζε το μλαρ
όλη μέρα γύριζε λαγός με το φανάρ.

Mες στο νταμ το είχα κι έτρωγε χορτάρ
και ήρταν κι το κλέψαν κι αφήκαν το σαμάρ.

Information

  • Region: Eastern Aegean
  • Area: Lesvos
  • Categories: Carnival Song, Lampoon
  • Rhythm: 2 beats
  • Dance style: Hasapikos (fast)
  • Duration: 02:32

Collaborators

  • Singer: Domna Samiou
  • Choir: Men's Group
  • Flute: Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas
  • Violin: Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis
  • Santur: Aristides Moschos
  • Lute: Dimitris Nomikos
  • Goblet drum: Mathios Balabanis
  • Informant (source of the song): Stratis Chiropaídis

Albums

  • By the Flowering Oleander

Recording information

Studio recording, 1975.

Domna Samiou taped the song in Mandamados, Lesvos, sung by Stratís Chiropaídis, in 1968 in the office of the community of Mandamados.

Stratís Chiropaídis sang good and was the soul of the village feasts. He wore the traditional folk costume until the end. He took off his breeches and fez when, very old, was transferred to Athens to be taken care of by his children.

The Mule, the Mule
Stratis Chiropaídis. Mandamados, Lesvos 1968. © Domna Samiou Archive


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Stratis Chiropaídis (1927)

Stavros Chiropedis (the father) and his wife Eleni are sitting holding their grandchildren. Standing in the center, Stratis and his two sisters, Elizabeth and Rodothea. Photo of 1927. Photo courtesy of St. Apostolellis.

© Domna Samiou Archive

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