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Let Us Dance Around

Πιάτε το χορό
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Original Lyrics
Πιάτε το χορό
Πιάτε τόϊ χορό ν’ ας κλώσει
Κι όποιους θέλ’ ας έρτ’ ας μπιάσει
Το καΐκ’ αρματουμένο
Κι όλο ψάρια φορτωμένο
– Πόσ’ τα δίν’ ς αυτά τα ψάρια;
– Τα δίνω πέντε και δέκα
Κι όσα έρχονται στην όκα
Φέρε βρούδια1 βρούδιαζέ τα
Και καντάρι ζύγαζέ τα
Κι όσα θέλεις πλήρωσέ τα
1βρούδια: βούρλα
Information
- Region: Cappadocia / Konya
- Area: Malakopi
- Rhythm: 2 beats
- Dance style: Local dance
Collaborators
- Singer: Lydia Koniordou
- Violin: Yiorgos Marinakis
- Saz: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Oud: Kyriakos Tapakis
- Daire (frame drum): Manousos Klapakis
Albums
Notes
It is said that this song was sung and danced by children probably while playing a characteristic game. Its text is a variant of a well-known song of the Greek isles.
Time signature: 2/4
Mode: Diatonic D (low pentachord with subtonic present).
Recording information
Studio recording, 2001. Based on the original recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive” of the “Centre for Asia Minor Studies”.