The Gallant Man
See also
Song
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.
...
Song
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...
Song
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...
Song
A Maid Was Singing Longingly
A maid was singing longingly inside a high-walled palace,
her voice was caught up on the breeze and carried off to seaward,
...
Song
A Maid Would Have Her Way
A maid would go
would go a-strolling
and then go back again.
She called her neighbours together
yes, by Saint George
and...
Song
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...
Song
Selim
Our boat is rigged, élessa-yialéssa,
and goes to cast nets, elessa-yialessa.
Élli, yiamóli, yiássa, íssa, hó!
Vré háide, v...
Song
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...
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...