A Partridge I Did Tame

Πέρτικαν εμέρωνα

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Lyrics

A partridge I did tame, through April ’til May came,
the tamer she became, the more she did complain.
All afire deep inside, I hurled her far and wide,
at the mount all rocky, all rock-strewn and stony.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Πέρτικαν εμέρωνα

Πέρτικα, πέρτικα, πέρτικαν εμέρωνα,
πέρτικαν εμέρωνα, τον Απρίλη και τον Μά’.
Κι όσον την εμέρωνα, τόσο μου ’γκριαζεν* κακά.
’Ποθυμώνομαι και γω και πετώ την στο βουνό
στο βουνό το πετρωτό και το πετροχαλατό.

*μου ’γκριαζε: μου γκρίνιαζε

Region: Dodecanese
Area: Rhodes
Category: Love Song, Wedding Song
Rhythm: 3 beats
Duration: 03:09

Recording information

Studio recording (2005). Based on Simon Karas’ recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.

Credits

Katerina Papadopoulou

Singers

Nikos Oikonomidis

Violin

Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Ourania Lambropoulou

Santur

Kostas Papaprokopiou

Lute

Discography

Of Nature and of Love

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