Fortunate Bride
See also
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A Little Shorty (Skiathos)
A short little man had a beautiful wife.
The whole neighbourhood was jealous, and all the land
and a pasha, a pasha envied ...
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Arta’s Bridge
Down on the shore where land meets sea,
where the world ends,
they set to building a bridge,
but the bridge would not stan...
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I Climbed up the Cherry-Tree
I climbed up the cherry-tree
Marie, Maria, Marigo,
to pick a cherry
vái tzigitzéla, vái tzigitzó.
The couple just now joi...
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I See Some Ships Approaching Port
I see some ships approaching port, how beautiful they seem to me,
ships that sail across the waters,
rending my faint heart...
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My Royal-Born Pearl Pod
Son-in-law, royal-born pearl pod,
God-fashioned pillar of the sun.
The groom was not born of mortal womb,
he’s the lemon t...
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O Black Dawn, Won't You Break
Won’t you break, black dawn
so I can find peace, my jewel,
so I can find peace?
My eyes are close to dim…
My eyes are clo...
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Song of Saint George
Easter Dance
O sainted George and honoured master, rider of the grey horse,
accoutred with a trusty sword and with a golden lance,
it is...
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The Boastful Partridge
A partridge fair bragged to all she met
that there was no hunter in the land,
no hunter in the land could bag her.
When th...
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The Great North Wind Blew
The Great North Wind blew throughout the land
and all those, kalé, all those ships that heard him
made it safely into shore...
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We Kissed Each Other in the Night
We kissed each other in the night, and who could see us then?
I’ll tell you, dear, the star saw us, and dawn saw us as well....
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Whoever Saw a Tree of Green
Whoever saw a tree of green,
with eyes of black and a blond sheen
and royal blue leaves to boot,
eyes black, eyebrows dark...