Γαϊτανάκι & Παρωδία γάμου ⬥ A carnival troupe from Grammenitsa, Arta. Live recording from the concert Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou, held at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, on March 4, 2003.
Κλαιν' οι πέρδικες στα πλάγια ⬥ Studio recording (1983), in Paris, France. Acapella polyphonic song belonging to the repertory of emigration songs. The fiancée who has stayed behind in her village sings to her beloved who has gone away to seek his fortune. Her parents want to marry her to [...]
Του μικρού βλαχόπουλου ⬥ Young Kostantinos and brave Alexis and the young Vlach who fought in castles the three were eating and drinking and sweetly singing all together, and had their horses tied together to the same block of wood. Kostantinos' horse ate iron, Alexis' horse ate rocks and the [...]
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. [...]
Τρυγόνα ⬥ High up upon your way, moré turtledove, down low as you pass by, sweet beautiful turtledove, might you have caught sight of my beloved, moré turtledove, by sweetheart, my dearest man? – Last night we saw him or the night before laid out upon the plane. Black birds were eating him, white [...]
Βιργινάδα ⬥ A tree… hai hai, Virginada I had a tree in my yard I had a tree in my yard for solace, my love. Its leaves grow green its branches blue. A maiden sat in its shade weaving a golden braid. [Weave that braid, girl, weave it tight and give [...]
Εσείς τριανταφυλλάκια μου ⬥ You, my little roses you my little roses and you my herbs, my tormentors… ’Twas you lulled me to sleep when my love upped and left, so delicate yet so fulsome. I take to the mountains to search and ask the hills, to implore God on [...]
Γιάννη μου το μαντίλι σου ⬥ Your kerchief, Yanni, dearest love, why is it soiled and dirty? Come, Yanni, come, Yannaki dear, come now my handsome fellow. T’was soiled while I was far from home, in distant lonely places. O mother dear, they stole my heart, they stole my heart [...]
Ζαφείρης – Sung by girls during a country game ⬥ Zaphiris, you’re a tubby lad, you’re short and roly-poly, the door locks are all rusted up and weeds have choked the doorways, you’ve left the houses tumbled down, the ovens heaps of rubble, what’s more you’ve left your wife with [...]
