Young Sailor
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You quench your thirst from every source, o sea, from every river,
and spare us not a single one of our most manly menfolk.
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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...
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A maid from Evripο
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she sought to make passage.
She sought to make the passage to the far shore
and pai...
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As for me, th...
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and boastfully was wont to say that Charon would not get her
becau...
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Exile is the greatest hardship
Exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting
but oh, that greeting “Welcome home”, oh that Maroúli,1 is bliss.
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I Went Aboard a Boat
I went aboard a boat but newly built,
aboard a boat but newly built, and landed at St George.
I sought the seaman, strong a...
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I'd have come last night
I’d have come last night to see you,
amán, amán, amán, but I was caught out in a shower.
Then a heavy downpour soaked me,
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In a fine orchard
In a fine orchard, laurel and myrtle quarrel.
And myrtle, amàn-amàn, myrtle says to laurel…
And myrtle says to laurel, -You...
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It is the custom every year
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
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It is the custom every year
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
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Little ship, where are you going
Little ship, where are you going shore to shore, come out so I can see you
You’ve cast a spell on me
and I am mad about you...
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May is come
May is come and bids me reap but for his sake
I shall not go and darken in the sun.
May, dear May with the flowers
and son...