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You Quench Your Thirst... O Sea

Θάλασσα απ' όλα τα νερά
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Lyrics
You quench your thirst from every source, o sea, from every river,
and spare us not a single one of our most manly menfolk.
Áya-móla, áya-léssa!
Ah, sea, you are an old deceiver.
Translated by John Leatham
Original Lyrics
Θάλασσα απ' όλα τα νερά
Θάλασσα απ’ όλα τα νερά και τα ποτάμια πίνεις
κι από τα παλικάρια μας κανένα δεν αφήνεις
Έγια - μόλα, έγια - λέσα
αχ, βρε θάλασσα μπαμπέσα.
Information
- Region: Cyclades
- Type: Couplets
- Categories: Sea and Sailors Song
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Syrtos
- Duration: 02:21
Collaborators
- Singer: Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki
- Musical supervision: Domna Samiou
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Notes
See also You quench your thirst... o sea, sung by Domna Samiou and You quench your thirst... o sea, sung by Irene Liadaki.
Recording information
Studio recording, 1959. Released in extended play 45 rpm disc (Fidelity 8011, 1959) supervised by Domna Samiou (Recordings in 45 RPM), in 1961 in the LP Songs of the Sea and of the Highlands (Philips 600506 PR, 1961), in 1969, in the LP Songs and Tunes from all Around Greece (Fidelity 0320 PL, 1969). Later, in 2008, Yiorgos Tsambras included the track in the CD collection Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969 (Universal Music, 2008).
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