A Peasant Woman Washing by the River

Βλάχα πλένει στο ποτάμι

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Original Lyrics

Βλάχα πλένει στο ποτάμι

Bλάχα πλένει στο ποτάμι κι άλλη βλάχα τη ρωτάει.
Bλάχα μ’ τι 'σαι σκουμπωμένη και βαριά βαλαντωμένη,
Tι 'ν’ τα νύχια σου βαμμένα, τα μαλλιά σου μπερδεμένα.

Region: Epirus
Category: Pastoral Song
Duration: 04:26

Recording information

Studio recording, 1984.

See also

The members of the “Polyphonic Group of Pogoni” were: Anthoula Kotsou Penelope Matsia Sofia Matsia Dimitris Matsias Lazarus Tsiavos Socrates Tsiavos All were residents of the village Ktismata, Pogoni, near Greek-Albania borders.
This LP published by Ocora, as well as the concert which preceded it, can be seen as a ‘universal premiere’ for the polyphonic songs of Epirus. Aris Fakinos’ initiatives brought for the first time into French public polyphonic music from Epirus, which was anyway rarely performed locally and almost unknown […]