Great Joy Across the Land
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The Swallows of Vlachiá
The Sack of Adrianoúpolis
The swallows of Vlachiá and the birds of the West
weeping late and weeping early, weeping at noon,
weeping for ravaged Adri...
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When the City Was Founded
When the angels the City did found
with water from the Holy Mount
and clay from Chios and tiles from Adrianoúpolis.
And wh...
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A Brave Young Lad Set Out
A brave young lad set out for Macedonia,
where Pavlos men was gathering,
men in whom the spirit of Twenty One lived on.
– ...
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At Trichas’ Bridge
At the bridge, at the bridge,
at Trichas’ bridge.
A thousand builders hard at work,
and ten thousand apprentices.
They’d ...
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At Tserítsiana’s Well
At the well of Tserítsiana,
in the heart of the land, hail fine fellows,
there were Bulubasiades watching.
There were Bulu...
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Nine Villages They Razed
Nine villages of ours they razed
amán amán, and fifteen castles.
Amán, come see the body you torture.
And they took Náouss...
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Old Nun A-Cooking
A nun was frying fish and a voice,
a shrill high voice, kept telling her again and again :
‘Stop cooking, old maid,
and Co...
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Old Nun A-Cooking
A nun was frying fish and a voice,
a shrill high voice, kept telling her again and again:
'Stop cooking, old maid,
and Con...
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Samarina
Hey, you young klephts,
you sons of Samarina,
if you go up to the mountains, the Samarina way
[don’t fire off shots, don’t...
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The Dawn of Dawn
The dawn of dawn, I’ll rise at the dawn of dawn
to get myself to the mountain’s root,
at the mountain’s root to greet the d...
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Up Siátista Way
Up Siátista way, just up from Kastoriá,
will you not weep mothers, mothers and children?
They killed Pavlos, Pavlos Melás
...