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Lovely Is the Dawn
Ωραία που ’ναι την αυγή
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Original Lyrics
Ωραία που ’ναι την αυγή
Ωραία που ’ναι την αυγή όταν γλυκοχαράζει
χαρά σε κείνη την καρδιά που δεν αναστενάζει.
Σγουρέ βασιλικέ μου με φύλλα πράσινα
φέρω τον έρωτά σου μα χίλια βάσανα.
Σγουρέ βασιλικέ μου και μαντζουράνα μου
εσύ θα με χωρίσεις από τη μάνα μου.
Information
- Region: Cyclades
- Type: Couplets
- Categories: Love Song
- Rhythm: 2 beats
- Dance style: Ballos
- Duration: 03:18
Collaborators
- Singer: Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki
- Musical supervision: Domna Samiou
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1960s. Released in extended play 45 rpm disc (Lyra LS 2007, 1964) supervised by Domna Samiou (Recordings in 45 RPM). Later, in 1973, in the LP A second voyage to Greece (Minerva 22034, 1973).
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