Yio Mario
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Song
A Maid from Evripο
A maid from Evripo sought to set sail,
she sought to make passage.
She sought to make the passage to the far shore
and pai...
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Fishermen, Have You Any Fish
– Hey fishermen, have you any fish,
any fish or squid or lobsters?
– We’ve got sardines all golden,
as golden as the maid ...
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Arabas (A Horse-Cart Is Passing By)
A horse-cart's passing by, raising clouds of dust,
pull up your little dress 'cause it will gather dust.
A horse-cart's pas...
Song
Ballos from Alatsata
Start, sweet tongue of mine, and remember, my lips,
And you poor heart, tell what you know.
Of songs and commendations I ...
Song
Early last summer
Early last summer
I set my sights on a little bird
But chase as I would, lust as I might,
She’d always take flight.
She s...
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I Want to Savour All the Months
I want to savour all the months, I want to know them all,
but oh , not March, I can’t abide the dreadful month of March.
Th...
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My old torments
My old torments have been and gone.
Now new ones with snake’s fangs have come along.
Mantalenia, Mantalenia1
Spare me a th...
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Should You See a Vessel Pass
An’ should you see a vessel pass, passing the cape of Ochtoniá
oh take your little kerchief out and wave in signal to me.
S...
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The Lament of the Virgin (Marmaras, Asia Minor)
Holy Week Lament
...
A voice from heaven could be heard, a good archangel speaking.
My lady, that’s enough of prayers, enough of doing penan...
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The Words Gone Round
The word’s gone round: the lads from Crete, the lads who hail from Crete,
those brave and comely Cretan lads, have now cast ...
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Yioryitsa
I intended to love you, my Yioryítsa,
and nobody to know of it.
Now our own people learn of it, my Yioryítsa,
strangers to...