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The Sun Sets, the Day Ends

Ο ήλιος βασιλεύει
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Ο ήλιος βασιλεύει
Ο ήλιος βασιλεύει κι η μέρα σώνεται
και μένα το πουλί μου πού ξημερώνεται.
Μονάχο του στα ξένα πώς τα πορεύεται
κι εγώ το περιμένω κι αυτό δεν έρχεται.
Information
- Region: Thrace
- Type: Couplets
- Categories: Immigration Song
- Rhythm: 7 beats
- Dance style: Antikristos
- Duration: 03:16
Collaborators
- Singer: Chronis Aidonidis
- Clarinet: Philippos Rountas
- Violin: Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis
- Lute: Stavros Adrianos
- Goblet drum: Agapios Tompoulis
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Recording information
Studio recording, 1966. Released in extended play 45 rpm disc (Fidelity 8054, 1966) 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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