River, Dear River of Mine
See also
Song
Beam, Dear Moon
– Come on beam, dear moon,
shine, moon dear, and light the way to my love.
Beam high and low, for it’s muddy and wet;
beam...
Song
In a Fine Orchard
In a fine orchard, laurel and myrtle quarrel.
And myrtle, amàn-amàn, myrtle says to laurel…
And myrtle says to laurel, -You...
Selections
O April, April, Cool and Fresh
Songs for Spring, from our Music Archive
The songs O April, April, cool and fresh and The May month are from the album Easter Songs.
The song It's in May the partr...
Song
The Apple Trees Complaint
In Konstantinos’ gardens a brook welled up,
because of which I planted an orchard
with apples and quinces, with laurels and...
Song
The Eagle and the Partridge
An eagle swooping over and over the mastic bushes
singing sad songs to the partridge
scratching in the earth below,
sorrow...
Song
The Maid Climbed up to the Summer Pasture
The maid climbed up to the summer pasture, my little bird,
to become a shepherdess, come, come I say!
to become a shepherde...
Song
With Child A-Mowing
The Maid and the Partridge
A girl was mowing in a field of wheat
mowing with a child in her belly,
and as she baled she birthed
a golden eagle down o...
Song
Zaphiris
Zaphiris, you’re a tubby lad, you’re short and roly-poly,
the door locks are all rusted up and weeds have choked the doorway...