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Lyrics

You scold me, mother, overmuch, I want to go abroad now,
to go, good mother, overseas to go to foreign places.
You’ ll not see me for months, for years you will not run across me.
Good mother, feasts will fall as wont, and holidays will also.
Such days, good mother, go to church and cross yourself as always.
Though you shall search from right to left, you surely will not see me.
Well may the tears pour from your eyes and make your kerchief sodden,
and flow on down to wet your lips...

Translated by John Leatham

Original Lyrics

Μάνα πολλά μαλώνεις με

Μάνα πολλά μαλώνεις με, κι εγώ μισέψει θέλω,
να πάω μάνα μ’ στην ξενιτιά, να πάω μάνα μ’ στα ξένα,
να κάμεις μήνες να με δεις, χρόνους να μ’ ανταμώσεις.
Να ’ρθουσι μάνα μ’ οι γιορτές, να ’ρθουσι κι οι σκολάδες,
να πας μάνα μ’ στην εκκλησιά να κάμεις το σταυρό σου
και να στραφείς δεξιά-ζερβά και να μη μ’ αντικρύσεις.
Να τρέξουσι τα μάτια σου, να βρέξου το μαντίλι,
να βρέξου και τα χείλη σου...

Information

  • Region: Crete
  • Type: Cretan Rizitiko
  • Categories: Immigration Song
  • Rhythm: Free rythm
  • Duration: 04:12

Collaborators

  • Singer: Stavros Gryllakis

Albums

  • Songs About Greeks Far From Home
  • Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)

Recording information

Studio recording, 1989.

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