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Young Sailor

Αρμενάκι
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Αρμενάκι
Aρμενάκι ’μαι κυρά μου, πάρε με
άνοιξε την αγκαλιά σου, βάλε με.
Έλα βάρκα να με πάρεις, πάρε με
σε νησιώτικο λιμάνι, βγάλε με.
Information
- Region: Cyclades
- Type: Couplets
- Categories: Sea and Sailors Song, Love Song
- Rhythm: 2 beats
- Dance style: Ballos
- Duration: 03:15
Collaborators
- Singer: Domna Samiou
- Clarinet: Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas
- Violin: Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis
- Santur: Aristides Moschos
- Lute: Dimitris Nomikos
- Goblet drum: Mathios Balabanis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1975.
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