Between Two Mountains
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.
...
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A Young Lad
A Soldier and a Tree
A young man, a fine young lad
went off in search of a castle, Greek lass of mine.
And though he found no castles and no vil...
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A Young and Gallant Soldier
A young and gallant soldier Sought a citadel, a citadel.
He sought a citadel, a village to stop at. He found none, no citade...
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Digenes Is Dying
The Death of Digenis
Digenes, Digenes is giving up the ghost,
my eyes, Digenes is dying
my eyes are black, Digenes is dying.
All the lords on l...
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Digenis Is Dying
The Death of Digenis
Digenis is dying and the mountains are trembling,
and all the lords that heard it set out to visit him,
they set out, bring...
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Exile Is the Greatest Hardship
Exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting
but oh, that greeting “Welcome home”, oh that Maroúli,1 is bliss.
...
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Forgetful, I Am Truly Glad
Forgetful I am truly glad but mindful I am saddened;
remembering those foreign lands, I want to set out for them.
"Get up, ...
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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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I Wish to Climb a Mountain Height
I wish to climb, I wish to climb, to climb a mountain height
Roidou, sweet Roidou, dear, to breast a marble height.
Oh, gat...
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In Constantinople I Heard the News
I was in the City and heard my fairest was to wed,
that she had exchanged vows with another.
Mounting my horse, I set off h...
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When You Go off to Foreign Lands
When you go off to foreign lands, my love, don’t stay a year there,
because it’s more than I can bear, the pain of separatio...