Table Song of Epirus
See also
Song
All the Captains' Women
All the captains’ women went
and bowed down before Ali Pasha, before the vezir,
but Leni, Bótsaris’ Leni, will not bow her ...
Song
At Tserítsiana’s Well
At the well of Tserítsiana,
in the heart of the land, hail fine fellows,
there were Bulubasiades watching.
There were Bulu...
Song
Katsantonis
Hail, high mountains
and you, low hills, hail dear Katsantónis
and you, low-lying hills, my captain hail.
And you Tzoumérk...
Song
Katsantónis
Hail, high mountains
and you, low hills, hail dear Katsantonis
and you, low-lying hills, my captain hail.
And you Tzoumerk...
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Samarina
Hey, you young klephts,
you sons of Samarina,
if you go up to the mountains, the Samarina way
[don’t fire off shots, don’t...
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A Great Command
And the king did command
and ’twas a great command:
fleet and admiral were to quit the land.
By the Lord’s command and the...
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Mavrianos' Threshing Floor
The Wager of Giannis and the Sun
At Mavrianos' marble threshing floor
a king and a youth are contesting throwing heavy stones,
no one can throw them like Gi...
Song
My Love-Bird Far Away from Home
My Emigrated Bird
My love-bird far away from home, my love who’s broken-hearted,
- o, absent love of mine,
those foreign lands greet you with...
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Up Siátista Way
Up Siátista way, just up from Kastoriá,
will you not weep mothers, mothers and children?
They killed Pavlos, Pavlos Melás
...
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What Ails You, Poor Plane-Tree?
What ails you, poor plane-tree?
Your roots draw water, amán,
your roots draw well, yet you stand there limp,
your roots dr...
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You, My Little Roses
You, my little roses
you my little roses and you my herbs,
my tormentors…
’Twas you lulled me to sleep
when my love upped...