Couplets of the Olive Tree
See also
Song
With Child A-Mowing
The Maid and the Partridge
A girl was mowing in a field of wheat
mowing with a child in her belly,
and as she baled she birthed
a golden eagle down o...
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
I’ll Be the Basil by Your Window
I’ll be the basil by your window,
I’ll stay unwed for your sake.
Come, come to me
and I’ll fill you with glee.
Come to th...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni)
Holy Week Lament
...
– Be off with you, you gypsy scum, and may your hearth grow cold,
and may you lack a second shirt to clothe your wretch...