Berceuse
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Song
A Trader Made His Way
A trader made his way from Bulgar lands.
He led his trains of twelve and fifteen mules
and sang and spoke the while he trek...
Song
A Trader Made His Way
A trader made his way from Bulgar lands.
He led his trains of twelve and fifteen mules
and sang and spoke the while he trek...
Song
I Want to Climb up to the Top
I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top
of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof.
I want to pi...
Song
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...
Song
My Royal-Born Pearl Pod
Son-in-law, royal-born pearl pod,
God-fashioned pillar of the sun.
The groom was not born of mortal womb,
he’s the lemon t...
Song
River, Dear River of Mine
River, dear river of mine,
river, my river, when you fill.
River, my river, when you fill
and crash, and crash and swell.
...
Song
So Many Lies
We’ve told so many lies, a truth now let us tell,
we loaded forty pumpkins on a mouse’s tail.
The pumpkins full of water,
...
Song
The Evening Star Has Set
The evening star has set, the morning star arisen
but back home from school my boy still isn’t.
The evening star for compan...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Mytilene)
Holy Week Lament
...
Obediently returning home, she laid the supper table
and patiently sat down to wait until her son should come back.
Sa...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni)
Holy Week Lament
...
Let Martha and let Mary come and Lazarus’ mother
and John the Baptist’s sister too, all four of them together.
They to...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni)
Holy Week Lament
...
– Be off with you, you gypsy scum, and may your hearth grow cold,
and may you lack a second shirt to clothe your wretch...
Song
What Did I Do to You, My Sun
What did I do to you, my sun, what did I do?
What did I do and now you’re set on setting?
Tourna, tourna, tourna
there’s a...
Song
With Child A-Mowing
The Maid and the Partridge
A girl was mowing in a field of wheat
mowing with a child in her belly,
and as she baled she birthed
a golden eagle down o...