Karsilamas Dance
See also
Song
A Mother Has a Son
A mother has a son, the apple of her eye,
and the neighbourhood would have him,
’tis a wonder the very mountains do not cru...
Song
Fair Evgenoula
Charon and the Maid
Evgenoula, the fair maid beloved by all,
went and boasted she had no fear of death,
that she had houses tall and a sweethea...
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I Will Climb a Mountain High
With golden adz and silver saw
I climb a mountain high,
up where the best trees grow.
To cut boughs of laurel and apple an...
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In Constantinople I Heard the News
I was in the City and heard my fairest was to wed,
that she had exchanged vows with another.
Mounting my horse, I set off h...
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It’s Eastertime
Easter Dance
It’s Eastertime, my lithe and lissome one, my lithe and lissome one,
the greatest of all feasts,
you fair-haired ones, you ...
Song
Maria’ S Gone to Pick Some Lilac
Maria’s gone to pick some lilac, a nightingale is singing,
she goes to gather lilac blossom in vineyards and in paddocks.
A...
Song
Old Nun A-Cooking
A nun was frying fish and a voice,
a shrill high voice, kept telling her again and again :
‘Stop cooking, old maid,
and Co...
Song
One Easter Day, One Sunday
The Sinner
One Easter Day, one Sunday,
on a holy day, my little bird,
a mother was adorning her son
one Saturday from dawn to dusk,
...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Thrace)
Holy Week Lament
...
Today the sky is sullen black, the day itself is sullen,
today all folk are sorrowing, the mountains are in mourning,
...
Song
The Son of the Armenian
The son of the Armenian boasted, my beautiful blue eyes,
to a pasha, his master, sing my lovely nightingale.
– My master, I...
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Tricked by the Birds
Tricked I was, tricked by the birds,
tricked by the nightingales of spring.
They tricked me and told me I would never die.
...
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Twelve Little Evzones
Twelve young evzones decided,
Holy Virgin, they decided to go to war.
On their way, Holy Virgin,
upon the black sea a blac...
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What Am I, Poor Wretch, to Do
What am I, poor wretch, to do with the wife I’ve got?
In Jan’ry month and Feb’ry too she leads me off to harvest.
I reaped ...
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Zonaradiko - Here Upon the Grassy Meadow
Young men who’ve let their hair grow long and dress in black all over
bring messages for one whom I did once love very dearl...