Nikos Karageorgiou

(1903-1997). Nikolaos Emm. Karageorgiou was born in Makri, Asia Minor, and settled in Xylokeriza (Nea Makri) of Attica following the Asia Minor Catastrophe. He was well versed in the folk tradition and a chanter. He worked systematically on recording the songs of his homeland.

Domna Samiou collaborated with him for the collection of songs from Makri and Levissi, and showcased him with his team on her radio program at the Second Programme of Hellenic Radio, "Apo pantou tis ellinikis gis" ["From every corner of Greek land"] (04.12.1982). The Domna Samiou Archive contains tapes with the songs he collected, which he gave her himself, perhaps in 1983.

Songs

Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiWedding SongTable Song

Golden Table, Silver Plates

  • Για δέστε τράπεζα χρυσή ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Nikos Karageorgiou taped the song in Nea Makri, Attiki, in 1982.
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  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiLove SongCouplets, Processional Tune

I Come and You Are Asleep

  • Έρχομαι κι εσύ κοιμάσαι ⬥ I come and you are asleep amid the white jasmine, wake up wherever you might live and be, my bushy lemon tree. My partridge from Livíssi, I am entangled in your nets. The keys of my heart take them and open, there are rose gardens [...]
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  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiLove SongCouplets, Processional Tune

I Will Sing Tonight

  • Απόψε θε να τραγουδώ ⬥ I will sing tonight with the singers, my little duckling, with the singers, save your love for me. With the lads of Livissi, with those revellers, my duck, my goose with those revellers, on your head be it. Tonight I will sing until first light, [...]
Τα παλαιά μου βάσανα
  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiLampoonCouplets

If you want to marry

  • Αν θέλεις για να παντρευτείς ⬥ If you want to marry, to take a wife Come ask me do, I'll tell you who's good for you. Don't take a white woman, no sack of flower, For a sack of flower will always be dour. Don't take a black women, no [...]
Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiWedding Song

The Wedding Time Has Come

(Bride's Song)

  • Ήρθεν η ώρα η καλή ⬥ Studio recording 2008. Based on the recordings made by Nikos Karageorgiou, in 1982, in Nea Makri, Attica, and the instructions of Domna Samiou.
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  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiLove Song, Wedding SongCouplets, Processional Tune

Wake up My Black Eyed One

(The Grasses of the Earth)

  • Ξύπνα μαυροματούσα μου ⬥ Wake up my black eyed one I’ve come to your neighbourhood, I have brought you a golden tress to plait your hair. Your black eyes and your white neck will make me lose my mind. Black eyed one of the neighbourhood bear this in mind; I [...]
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Records

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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2008Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

I Tread the Earth Gently

This CD is the proof of what an enthusiast Maecenas can achieve! Here Domna collected some of her most favourable songs: slow and tranquil songs, melodious and sad; songs of sorrow and of love, of parting and of loved ones far away. These songs are rarely, if ever, included in […]
Τα παλαιά μου βάσανα
  • AlbumDigital release2022Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

My Old Torments

Songs of Asia Minor by Domna Samiou. Live recording from the concert ‘Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou’ at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, on 8/3/2005. Traditional songs from the western coasts of Asia Minor, Propontis, Constantinople, Pontus and Cappadocia.
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  • AlbumDigital release, LP1984Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of Asia Minor 1

On this LP, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. This LP marked the founding of the Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association.
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  • AlbumDigital release, LP1991Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs of Asia Minor 2

On this LP, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. This LP complements ‘Songs of Asia Minor N° 1’ published in 1984.
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release1992Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Songs οf Asia Minor

On this CD, Domna Samiou presents songs and dances she recorded among refugees of Asia Minor: heartfelt interpretations dedicated to Baindiri, Domna’s hometown in Asia Minor. The CD includes songs from two previous LPs, 'Songs of Asia Minor 1 and 2'. (barcode: 5204910000128)  
Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • AlbumUnreleased collectionDomna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Wedding Songs

Unpublished collection of thirty-four traditional songs and tunes for the wedding feast, the bride, the groom, the best men and women and all the guests.
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See also

  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiLove SongCouplets, Processional Tune

I Will Sing Tonight

  • Απόψε θε να τραγουδώ ⬥ I will sing tonight with the singers, my little duckling, with the singers, save your love for me. With the lads of Livissi, with those revellers, my duck, my goose with those revellers, on your head be it. Tonight I will sing until first light, [...]
  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiWedding SongTable Song

Golden Table, Silver Plates

  • Για δέστε τράπεζα χρυσή ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Nikos Karageorgiou taped the song in Nea Makri, Attiki, in 1982.
  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiWedding Song

The Wedding Time Has Come

(Bride's Song)

  • Ήρθεν η ώρα η καλή ⬥ Studio recording 2008. Based on the recordings made by Nikos Karageorgiou, in 1982, in Nea Makri, Attica, and the instructions of Domna Samiou.
  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiLampoonCouplets

If you want to marry

  • Αν θέλεις για να παντρευτείς ⬥ If you want to marry, to take a wife Come ask me do, I'll tell you who's good for you. Don't take a white woman, no sack of flower, For a sack of flower will always be dour. Don't take a black women, no [...]
  • SongAsia MinorMakri - LevissiLove SongCouplets, Processional Tune

I Come and You Are Asleep

  • Έρχομαι κι εσύ κοιμάσαι ⬥ I come and you are asleep amid the white jasmine, wake up wherever you might live and be, my bushy lemon tree. My partridge from Livíssi, I am entangled in your nets. The keys of my heart take them and open, there are rose gardens [...]