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The Three Noblemen

Τρει Αρχόντοι
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Original Lyrics
Τρει άρχοντοι
Τρει άρχοντοι και τρει καλοί και τρει γαϊτανογέροι
Κ’ οι τρεις συλλοϊζόσανε να βγουν σ’ απάνω κόσμο
(ν)Ο εις καυκιόταν τ’ άσπρα της1 κι άλλος τη φορεσιά του
Κι όϊ Μαυροζής καυκιότανε, καυκιόταν την καλή του
(ν)Εν άδικον τον έβγαλαν να πάρουν την καλή του
Πουλεί τα σπίτια τ’ άμορφα γ’ αυλές μαρμαρωμένα
[Πουλεί και το χωράφι του μαζίν και θερισμένα
Πουλεί το περιβόλι του τα μήλα φορτωμένα
(ν)Επούλησε, (ν)επούλησε, και τα μισά κι εσώθαν
Ν’ άλλο τίποτα δεν έχω, μούδ’ έχω την καλή μου
Κι απ’ το χέρι την έπιασε στο παζάρι την βγάλνει…]
1τ’ άσπρα του (κι όχι τ’ άσπρα της): τα χρήματά του
Information
- Region: Cappadocia / Konya
- Area: Potamia
- Categories: Fable Song (Ballad)
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Local dance
- Short Description: A brother and a sister recognize each other
Collaborators
- Singer: Maria Hatzitheodorou
- Informant (source of the song): Maria Hatzitheodorou
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Notes
Here, two different ballads are interweaved; the husband who kills his unfaithful wife, and the husband who sells his wife to a janissary by virtue of necessity in order to pay off his debts. The purchaser while preparing to marry her, realizes that she is his own sister.
Time signature: 4/4
Mode: Diatonic D (only low pentachord present). G functions within the gravitation of A.
Recording information
Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive”.
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