Wedding Song From Cyprus
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Song
Aroafnou
In the neighbourhood close by, up in Koilanin
there are three beautiful maids and they are singing.
One shrill, one deep of...
Song
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...
Song
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...
Song
Tellyrkotissa
You are a bright star, bright and small amidst the seven planets,
the words you've said enslaved my heart.
They rushed and ...
Song
The Abduction of Levandis’ Daughter by Digenis
The lord of the East and the king of the West
met to discuss joining their lines in marriage.
When they came out of the cou...
Song
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...
Song
The Four Palikari
Four and four make eight,
Four Palikari go to the wars.
On their way they are hungry
And they sit down to eat,
but they ...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Cyprus)
Holy Week Lament
O gentlefolk, pay heed to me, and hear the Mother’s dirge,
hear how she mourns her only child upon the yonder Cross.
Take n...
Song
The orphan maid is wed & Beloved stranger so far away
They stay with the bride for two days, for three,
Her dress they give her and her veil, but no wedding crown.1
Beloved st...
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You wear white
You wear white and hold white and white is your dress
And white the flowers that swoon at your passing.
Dance, sweet bride,...