I Bid Farewell to My Neighbourhood
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And the king did command
and ’twas a great command:
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By the Lord’s command and the...
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Forty Five Lemon Trees
Forty five lemon trees.
Forty five lemon trees rooted in the sand,
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Only my le...
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Roidou, sweet Roidou, dear, to breast a marble height.
Oh, gat...
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There sits my little white bird, my fair white bird,
sitting on a green branch.
A white bird sitting on a green branch
gro...
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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...
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Now hear me, you who leads the dance and you who twists and tangles
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And they took Haghia Sophia, the Great Mo...
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Why, it was Easter Day, good George, t’was Easter,
the day of happy tidings, my good George,
a day of happy tidings, dear D...