One Dark Starless Night
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Song
The Combat and Death of Yannakos
Evening has fallen, the sun has set,
And the fair Yannakos has gone to the Steep Mountain.
Behind the Steep Mountain is a w...
Song
A Nun With Child
The Song of Porphyris
A nun swelled up with child and bore a manly boy.
Within a month he was carrying a sword, within a year a musket
and at thr...
Song
An Eagle Soared
An eagle soared high in the sky, high in the heavens
with its bloody red jaws and its soot black crown
and clutching a brav...
Song
By Command of the King
The Song of Porphyris
The king commanded
every fair maid and every brave lad
in every vilayet to gather before him.
And when the fair maids and ...
Song
Feasting Lords Eating and Drinking
Andronikos and His Steed
Some lords are eating and drinking at a marble table,
a table of marble, silver and gold,
they are all eating and drinking ...
Song
I Saw Some Black Smoke
I saw some black smoke rise up out of the reeds;
The reeds are numberless and a monster hides in them.
Three huntsmen have ...
Song
Kalomoiris and the Saracen
The Song of Armouris
Kalomoiris' youngest boy was born at night,
in the night before the cock crowed.
On the very same night that he was born, h...
Song
Marandon
Marandon has received the order to go to war.
He forges horseshoes of silver and nails of gold,
He shoes his black steed by...
Song
The Castle of the Beauty
I've never seen a castle as fair as the Castle of the Beauty.
It has silver gates and silver keys,
I've never seen another ...
Song
The Four Palikari
Four and four make eight,
Four Palikari go to the wars.
On their way they are hungry
And they sit down to eat,
but they ...