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Σαν τηλ μάνα

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Original Lyrics

Σαν τηλ μάνα

Σαν τηλ μάνα, σαν τηλ μάνα –χάι μάνα
Και σαν εκεί(ν’) την μάνα –σίσι
Που είχε τα εννιάν παιδιά –χάι μάνα
Και τα εννιά νυφάδες –σίσι
Έχειναν1 και στο σπίτι της –χάι μάνα
Εννιάν παιδιών νανούδια2–σίσι
Απλώναν στα τσαλούδια3 της –χάι μάνα
Εννιάν παιδιών ντιλμπέντια4 –σίσι
Μάνα, ζύμω, μάνα κόλλα5 –χάι μάνα
Κάνε μας μπαξουμάτια6 –σίσι
(ν)Ο Βασιλιάς μάς ώρισε –χάι μάνα
Να πάμ’ ωριόν ταξίδι –σίσι
[Τα οχτώ ’δέρφια καβαλίκεψαν
τό ’να ’κι7 καβαλικεύει…]


1έχειναν: κουνιόντανε
2νανούδια: κούνιες
3τσαλούδια: δέντρα
4ντιλμπέντια: φακιόλια
5κόλλα: ψήσε
6μπαξουμάτια: παξιμάδια
7’κι: δεν

Information

  • Region: Cappadocia / Konya
  • Area: Potamia
  • Categories: Acritic Song
  • Rhythm: 2 beats
  • Dance style: Local dance

Collaborators

  • Singer: Maria Hatzitheodorou
  • Informant (source of the song): Maria Hatzitheodorou

Albums

  • Songs of Cappadocia

Notes

This acritic song, sung at solemn feasts in Potámia, tells of nine brothers of which the youngest on his way to war is torn to pieces by the black birds, or – according to another version – by the so-called Mavríyanks.
Time signature: 2/4
Mode: A minor low tetrachord with leading-tone present.

Recording information

Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive”.

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