Ένα μικρό φιντάνι ⬥ A little seedling a seedling, a little seedling sprouts forth and grows to give us fruit and flowers. A little water, just a drop to wash down the goodness so it won’t wane, so all will not be lost. So the leaves won’t wilt and the [...]
Ντίλι ντίλι ⬥ Dili, dili, dili, dili the lamp shone as the maid embroidered her kerchief. The rat went and nicked the wick from the lamp that shone dili, dili, dili as the maid embroidered her kerchief. The cat went and ate the rat that nicked the wick from the lamp [...]
Κάτου στ’ς Μπαρμπαριάς τουν κάμπου ⬥ Down, moré, down on the Barbary plane, the fish are getting married down on the Barbary plane. The ants, moré, the ants are celebrating, the ants are celebrating, for the best man –me– they are a-waiting. But to spite them, I did not show, [...]
Θέλω ν’ ανέβω στα ψηλά ⬥ I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof. I want to pick just two carnations, to sweep and make all clean, to sweep the she and make it [...]
Θέλω ν' ανέβω στα ψηλά ⬥ I want to climb up to the top, my friend, up to the top of the roof of Saint George's, of Saint George's roof. I want to pick just two carnations, to sweep and make all clean, to sweep the she and make it [...]
Να το πούμε ένα ⬥ One, let’s say one one is the nightingale, and sweetly does she sing. Let’s say two, two partridges on the threshing floor one is the nightingale, and sweetly does she sing. Let’s say three, three is the Holy Trinity two partridges on the threshing floor [...]
Φεγγαράκι μου λαμπρό ⬥ Shine, bright moon of mine, light my way to school so I can learn to read and write and get an education, which is a godly thing. Dear moon, so big and round like a florin from the City light my way so I can get [...]
Μιαν ημέρα ένας γάτος ⬥ Studio recording, 1980. Domna Samiou taped the song in Agia Eleni, Serres in 1964, by Dimitris Vlaskos (vocals and lyra) accompanied by Yiorgos Haratsis and a group of locals.
Είπαμε πολλά ψέματα ⬥ We’ve told so many lies, a truth now let us tell, we loaded forty pumpkins on a mouse’s tail. The pumpkins full of water, and the water full of frogs, when the frogs croaked, the mouse kicked up his clogs. He shed his load, ran off, [...]
Παντρεύουνε τον κάβουρα ⬥ Live recording from the concert Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou held at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, on March 4, 2003. Domna Samiou taped the song, sung by Kostas Marinis, 1960.
Πούλια εβασίλεψε ⬥ The evening star has set, the morning star arisen but back home from school my boy still isn’t. The evening star for company, the moon to light his way, and the bright morning star to save him from dismay. The teacher was shouting and brandishing his cane [...]
