May
See also
Song
Maria’ S Gone to Pick Some Lilac
Maria’s gone to pick some lilac, a nightingale is singing,
she goes to gather lilac blossom in vineyards and in paddocks.
A...
Song
May
May's come,
May's come and spring,
summer’s come
when the perfumed roses bloom.
I’ve a white rose I want to dye
and if I...
Song
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...
Song
Twelve Little Evzones
Twelve young evzones decided,
Holy Virgin, they decided to go to war.
On their way, Holy Virgin,
upon the black sea a blac...
Song
Zaphiris
Zaphiris, you’re a tubby lad, you’re short and roly-poly,
the door locks are all rusted up and weeds have choked the doorway...
Song
Arta’s Βridge
A team of forty stonemasons and sixty prentice workers
were putting up a bridge across the river close by Arta.
The whole d...
Song
Let’s Say One
One, let’s say one
one is the nightingale, and sweetly does she sing.
Let’s say two,
two partridges on the threshing floor...
Song
Sweet Basil of the Holy Cross
Sweet basil of the Holy Cross
and royal flower of Christ,
I strolled around your garden
and round your flower-beds.
I pic...
Song
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...
Song
What Am I, Poor Wretch, to Do
What am I, poor wretch, to do with the wife I’ve got?
In Jan’ry month and Feb’ry too she leads me off to harvest.
I reaped ...
Song
Zonaradiko - Here Upon the Grassy Meadow
Young men who’ve let their hair grow long and dress in black all over
bring messages for one whom I did once love very dearl...