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Song
A Maid Was Singing
The Wife Scorned
A maid was singing in a high-walled palace.
The wind swept her voice out to sea
and every ship that heard it reefed its sai...
Song
A Maid Was Singing Longingly
A maid was singing longingly inside a high-walled palace,
her voice was caught up on the breeze and carried off to seaward,
...
Song
The Ship Is My House
The ship is my house, the sea my courtyard
and the waves of the north wind, are my comfort.
A little stranger is dying at t...
Song
A Maid Bidding Farewell
A maid was seeing her husband off to foreign parts
holding a candle out for him to see,
tankards of wine for him to drink.
...
Song
A Maid Would Have Her Way
A maid would go
would go a-strolling
and then go back again.
She called her neighbours together
yes, by Saint George
and...
Song
Dawn Glowed in the East
The sun rose in the East and day broke in the West,
the young man led his black mount to water.
All along the way, he calle...
Song
My Precious (Tzivaeri)
Now a foreign land watches him grow -my precious one
my life's sweet-smelling blossom -silently and humbly.
God, I was the ...
Song
Selim
Our boat is rigged, élessa-yialéssa,
and goes to cast nets, elessa-yialessa.
Élli, yiamóli, yiássa, íssa, hó!
Vré háide, v...
Song
I Would I Were a Bird
I would I were a bird to fly high up above the hill-tops,
and so survey what lies below in distant foreign countries
that I...
Song
My Heart-Sick Bird Flown Far From Home
My heart-sick bird flown far from home,
joy you bring those far-flung lands,
sadness all you leave behind.
What'll I send,...
Song
The Song of Saint George
A monster plagues our land curled up in a deep well.
We feed it poor townsfolk every morn and every night,
but when a day g...
Song
Your Kerchief, Yanni
Your kerchief, Yanni, dearest love, why is it soiled and dirty?
Come, Yanni, come, Yannaki dear,
come now my handsome fello...