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
Andronikos and the Princess
Famed Andronikos, who was born and raised in riches,
started school on the 6th of the month and could read by the 7th.
By t...
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
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
Young Kostantakis
The Evil Mother-In-Law
Young Kostantakis married young,
he married young and took a young wife,
and he was young, too, when he was called up to wa...
Song
Young Kostantinos
The Evil Mother-In-Law
Young Kostantinos, young Konstantinos,
his mother had him young and betrothed him young
and he was young when he was called...