Ώρα καλή σου Πασχαλιά ⬥ Dance song for the seeing-off of Easter from Deskati with the Popular Choir of the Amelioration and Education Club of Deskati (Grevena). Field recording (1996).
Λέιλαλιμ ⬥ Easter women’s dance. Sung by women from Nea Karvali, Kavala, descendants of Turkish-speaking refugees from the Gelveri region of northwestern Cappadocia. Field recording (1997).
Χριστός Ανέστη μάτια μου ⬥ Christ is risen, darling one, so, come, let’s be a-kissing, go fetch a tendril from a vine and, come, let us be wedded. See for yourself that I am here, I travelled on a star last night. Most beautiful of holy days is surely Easter [...]
Το τραγούδι του Aϊ-Γιώργη ⬥ O sainted George and honoured master, rider of the grey horse, accoutred with a trusty sword and with a golden lance, it is my wish to compliment your glory and the prowess with which you slayed the monstrous beast, the huge and fearsome lion; at [...]
Τα ρουσάλια – Men's song for Easter Monday ⬥ – Greetings to you, lord and master, noble lord and gentleman, shall we sing you the Roussalia? – Sing them, pray, my hearty fellows. – You shall be the first to hear them, for we’ve found you on your doorstep. Next [...]
Σήμερα Γιώργη μ’ Πασχαλιά ⬥ Today, dear George, is Easter Day, my dearest George, my dearest George, Today’s a major holiday, my dearest George, my handsome boy. Today young men dress in their best, and join the promenade. But you, dear George, did not show up, to join the promenade. [...]
Σήμερα Δέσπω μ’ Πασχαλιά ⬥ – Today, Despo, ’tis Easter Day, today’s a day of gladness, the married girls have joined the dance, young girls are promenading, and you, Despo, don’t appear among the living people. Despo, it’s your child that cries, it cries and will not settle. – Remember, [...]
Σήμερα Xριστός Aνέστη ⬥ Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!’ today it’s ‘Christ is Risen!, he’s taken up to heaven. Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today all manly fellows, today all manly fellows stand proud and lion-hearted. Today, my dark-eyed beauty, today all pretty maidens, today all pretty [...]
Why, it was Easter Day, good George, t’was Easter, the day of happy tidings, my good George, a day of happy tidings, dear Doúkina. All feasted then, and all caroused, and that day all made merry, and George, he idly hung about outside his own front door. Now you see [...]
