You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea
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Song
You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea
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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All Attend at Church
Easter Dance
All attend –for sake of Christ– all attend at church
to exclaim that ‘Christ is Risen!’ and to hear the Word.
As for me, th...
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At the Casement of the House
At the casement of the house, where the priest’s wife lives,
at the casement of her home two black eyebrows sit.
They gaze ...
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Fishermen, Have You Any Fish
– Hey fishermen, have you any fish,
any fish or squid or lobsters?
– We’ve got sardines all golden,
as golden as the maid ...
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I See Some Ships Approaching Port
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
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Kaklamaniko
The dance is danced by Kaklamans, a pumpkin serves as drum1.
In Trikeri’s old neighbourhood the Kaklamans were dancing.
The...
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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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Our Fishing-Boat a Battered Hulk
Our fishing-boat a battered hulk, we cobbled it together,
we patched it up a thousand times, it stayed a ragged sight.
Our ...
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Our Tráta All Tattered
Our battered old boat and its tattered old nets
patched over and over and yet always torn.
Our old boat
needs sails,
Our ...
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The Son of the Armenian
The son of the Armenian boasted, my beautiful blue eyes,
to a pasha, his master, sing my lovely nightingale.
– My master, I...
Song
You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea
You quench your thirst from every source, o sea, from every river,
and spare us not a single one of our most manly menfolk.
...
