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One Dark Starless Night
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Εβράδυν παλιόβραδυν

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Original Lyrics

Εβράδυν παλιόβραδυν

Εβράδυν παλιοβράδυν κι ο ήλιος έκλινεν
Κι ο ήλιος ο Γιαννάκης πάει στο Ξύβουνο
Στο Ξύβουνο1 οπίσω έναν πέγαδο
Δογμένος2 και σκοτωμένος και αγγελόκρουστος:3
«Γιαννάκη μ’, νά ’χες μάνα, νά ’χες αδελφή
Νά ’χες και μιαν καλίτσα νά ’ρτει να σε διεί»
«Έχω και καλή μάνα, έχω κι αδελφή
Έχω και μιαν καλίτσα, φάνην κι έρχεται
Με δυο μαύρα μαχαίρια σινοδέρνεται4
Με δυο παιδιά στο χέρι, κι άλλο στην ποδιά
Το τρίτο το καημένο είναι στην κοιλιά»
«Δε στό ’λεγα, Γιαννάκη μ’, ν’ αχ, Γιαννάκη μου
Στον πόλεμο μη βγαίνεις και μην πολεμάς»


1Ξύβουνο: τοπωνύμιο
2δογμένος: χτυπημένος
3αγγελόκρουστος: ετοιμοθάνατος
4σινοδέρνεται: χτυπιέται

Information

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

Collaborators

  • Singer: Anastasia Hourmousiadi
  • Informant (source of the song): Anastasia Hourmousiadi

Albums

  • Songs of Cappadocia

Notes

A round dance for solemn feasts. Experts classify its text in the category of the Byzantine acritic songs. The hero named Yannakis fights against thousands of Turks all by himself, he kills most of them, but during the night those who escaped trap and kill him in an ambush.
Time signature: 2/4
Mode: Chromatic D (augmented second Eb – F# and degree VI flattened).

Recording information

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

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