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Redhair Wife of the Priest

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Ρούσα παπαδιά
Σαν πήρα ένα κατήφορο στην άκρη το ποτάμι
και το ποτάμι ήταν θολό, θολό κατεβασμένο
σέρνει λιθάρια ριζιμιά, δέντρα ξεριζωμένα,
σέρνει και μια γλυκομηλιά τα μήλα φορτωμένη.
Κι ανάμεσα στους κλώνους της δυο αδέρφια αγκαλιασμένα.
Information
- Region: Central Greece
- Categories: Lament
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Syrtos
- Duration: 02:14
Collaborators
- Singer: Froso Iliopoulou
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1968. Released in 1968, in the LP Songs of Central Greece and Peloponnese (Fidelity 4012 PY, 1968) supervised by Domna Samiou. Later, in 2008, Yiorgos Tsambras included the track in the CD collection Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969 (Universal Music, 2008).
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