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Over Yonder Hills

Πέρα στους πέρα κάμπους
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Original Lyrics
Πέρα στους πέρα κάμπους
Πέρα στους πέρα κάμπους όπου ’ναι οι ελιές
είν’ ’να μοναστηράκι που πάν’ οι κοπελιές.
Πάω και ’γω ο καημένος για να λειτουργηθώ
να κάνω το σταυρό μου σαν κάθε χριστιανός.
Στην εκκλησιά που μπαίνω θωρώ μια κοπελιά
να κάνει το σταυρό της, να λάμπει η εκκλησιά.
Information
- Region: Dodecanese
- Type: Couplets
- Rhythm: 2 beats
- Dance style: Local dance
- Duration: 02:06
Collaborators
- Singer: Amalia Papastefanou
- Musical supervision: Domna Samiou
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1959. Released in extended play 45 rpm disc (Fidelity 8011, 1959) supervised by Domna Samiou (Recordings in 45 RPM). Later, in 2008, Yiorgos Tsambras included the track in the CD collection Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969 (Universal Music, 2008).
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