Μια πέρτικα καυχήστηκε ⬥ A partridge fair bragged to all she met that there was no hunter in the land, no hunter in the land could bag her. When the hunter heard of her boast it piqued him not a little. He set his snares up on the mountain, and [...]
Κοιμάται η νύφη κι ο γαμπρός ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.
Τ’ ορφανέσας το νυφέπαρμαν & Ξένε μ’, ξενιτεμένε ⬥ They stay with the bride for two days, for three, Her dress they give her and her veil, but no wedding crown. Beloved stranger so far away, I know you tread foreign soil in lands unknown. I married, I married into [...]
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.
Τα Μελιωτάκια ⬥ Two young Meliots got up to dance the syrtos, they will ask us for songs and commendations. Come, let us go over there and make merry, let us sing songs from Meli! How beautifully paired you are, you two of one height, like the cypress trees1 that [...]
Απόψε γάμος γίνεται ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Domna Samiou taped the song in Karlovasi, Samos, by the sandur player Ilias Diatsidis, sung by his daughters Keti and Kyranio and the Spandou sisters Georgia and Despina, in 1969.
Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά ⬥ The partridge built her nest amàn amàn, high up upon the rose-bush And the startled partridge started, and the roses to the ground did fall. The neighbours heard the news, the fine ladies of Pàtras, picked up their baskets and went a-gathering, to make wreathes of [...]
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 [...]
Τραγούδι της πομπής του γάμου ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier. The bride sang this song while she was led from home to church for her wedding. While singing it both she and her family used to cry.
Ω, Παναγία Δέσποινα ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.
