I Saw Some Black Smoke
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Charon and the Brave Men
The Death of Digenis
My friends, what happened to all the brave men in the world?
They're not on the mountains and they're not in the passes.
Th...
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A Maid Bidding Farewell
A maid was seeing her husband off to foreign parts
holding a candle out for him to see,
tankards of wine for him to drink.
...
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Andrónikos and His Black Steed
The nobles sit to eat and drink around a marble table,
a marble and a silver table, around a golden table,
and all do only ...
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Great Joy Across the Land
Great joy across the land, great joy in every village
and all in the best, the best of spirits
save Rhodes, poor ill-fated ...
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Mavrianos and the King
Mavrianos and the king were dining in a garden.
Having nought of note to discuss, the talk turned to
blonde girls and curly...
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The Dawn of Dawn
The dawn of dawn, I’ll rise at the dawn of dawn
to get myself to the mountain’s root,
at the mountain’s root to greet the d...
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The Eagle (On a Mountain High)
On a high mountain, on a sharp, steep rock,
an eagle was standing and he was gazing,
an eagle soaked and freezing.
He year...
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The Swallows of Vlachiá
The Sack of Adrianoúpolis
The swallows of Vlachiá and the birds of the West
weeping late and weeping early, weeping at noon,
weeping for ravaged Adri...
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When the City Was Founded
When the angels the City did found
with water from the Holy Mount
and clay from Chios and tiles from Adrianoúpolis.
And wh...