I Am a Fisherman's Son
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Song
A Festival Is Being Held
A festival is being held, high up around Saint George’s.
– Salutations, Frankish lord!
A multitude was at the feast and the...
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The Glass Well
Aidès ki amàn amàn, have you heard the news?
Have you heard what happened down at the well of glass?
A wild beast appeared,...
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The Glass Well
Aidés ki amán amán, have you heard the news?
Have you heard what happened down at the well of glass?
A wild beast appeared,...
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Androútsos' Mother
Androutsos’ mother is glad,
Androutsos’ mother is glad and Diakos’ proud
For they have warriors and captains for sons
who ...
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Giannos and Vangelio
Giannos and Vangelio went to the same school,
Giannos to learn to read and write, Vangelio to sing.
Giannos fell in love an...
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I Passed by One Saturday
One Saturday I passed through Mesolonghi,
– hail fine fellows,
’twas Palm Saturday I remember.
Palm Saturday it was, Saint...
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If I Had an Bitter Orange
If I had an bitter orange, moré,
I’d throw it at the window opposite.
Sweet Rhodo1, I’d send that vase a-crashing.
I’d sma...
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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 s...
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Sweet Perfumed Lemon
– Lemon so very sweet,
so sweet-smelling and plump from the tree.
Please don’t, kalé, don’t smell so fine,
for you have me...
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Sweet Slender Panagiota
– Panagióta kai amán, amán, amán,
Panagióta so slender and sweet,
can’t we in the courtyard meet.
– I can’t come down to m...
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The Love of Yannos and Marigo
Yannos and Marigo went to the same school.
Yannos could read and write, Marigo could sing.
They loved each other, no one kn...