Αν τραγουδήσω το γαμπρό ⬥ Studio recording (2008). Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.
Στη Σμύρνη μες στην Αρμενιά ⬥ Studio recording (1975). The theme of this song is found elsewhere as well, such as in Cyprus and Asia Minor. The song is composed of rhyming couplets.
Τα κανάρια ⬥ Begin, my heart, to laugh again, kanaria, laugh like the days of old, and let our sorrows drift away, kanaria, like mist across the mountains cold. I can hardly believe it’s true — tell me what you see, so I can call you mine at last, and [...]
Καράβι καραβάκι ⬥ Little ship, where are you going shore to shore, come out so I can see you You’ve cast a spell on me and I am mad about you, your sister’s put a spell on me and I am mad about you. with red flag and golden cross, come out [...]
Το πονεμένο στήθος μου ⬥ My aching breast may well pain me, but does not speak of it, and though my lips may sing a song, my heart does weep within. I weep and moisten with my tears the ground that I stand on, and yet there’s not a soul [...]
Γαμπρέ μου καλορίζικε ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.
Γαμπρέ μου ρήγισσας παιδί ⬥ Son-in-law, royal-born pearl pod, God-fashioned pillar of the sun. The groom was not born of mortal womb, he’s the lemon tree’s abundant bloom. Son-in-law, please, I beg you and implore let your young bride come and visit us. Pray sing the praises of the groom [...]
Πηδηχτός χορός ⬥ A joyful dance tune from Lesvos. Domna Samiou taped in Skoutaro, Lesvos, in 1965. On the gaida (bagpipe), the local musician Yiorgos Karavassilis.
Παραπονιάρικό μου ⬥ Poor sad love who weeps all day, What is it ails you, why won’t you say? Sneak to the window and pretend It’s your marjoram that you tend. Come to the window and see My heart’s blood as it spills for thee. Oh, aman I did not [...]
Ποταμέ, τζάνεμ ποταμέ μου ⬥ River, dear river of mine, river, my river, when you fill. River, my river, when you fill and crash, and crash and swell. Sweep me up into your whitecaps, into your whirls Carry me westwards…westwards into the Pasha’s well. Let the blond girls come to [...]
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, [...]
Γεραγώτικο συρτό ⬥ The tune from Eastern Aegean, recorded in 1960s. Released in 1961 in LP Songs of the Sea and of the Highlands (Philips 600506 PR, 1961) supervised by Domna Samiou.
Το κάστρο της Ωριάς ⬥ I've never seen a castle as fair as the Castle of the Beauty. It has silver gates and silver keys, I've never seen another castle like it. The Turks besieged it for twelve long years, for twelve years and thirteen months. [And a young Janissary, [...]
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 [...]
