Archagellitikos

Αρχαγγελίτικος

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Original Lyrics

Αρχαγγελίτικος

Για μιαν Αρχαγγελίτισσα στον Αίθωνα ξενύχτισα.

Γιαλό να πας, γιαλό να ρθεις,
τα λόγια μου να θυμηθείς.

Για μιαν Αρχαγελίτισσα τα ρούχα μου επούλησα.

Γιαλό, γιαλό πηγαίναμε
κι όλο για σένα λέγαμε.

Region: Dodecanese
Area: Rhodes
Category: Love Song
Rhythm: 4 beats
Duration: 03:28

Recording information

Studio recording, 1965. Released in extended play 45 rpm disc (Fidelity 8047, 1965) supervised by Domna Samiou (Recordings in 45 RPM). Later, in 2008, Yiorgos Tsambras included the track in the CD collection Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969 (Universal Music, 2008).

Credits

Amalia Papastefanou

Singers

Ilias Vassilarakis

Violin

Discography

Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969
Recordings in 45 RPM

See also

  • SongDodecaneseImmigration SongCouplets

My Precious (Tzivaeri)

  • Τζιβαέρι ⬥ Now a foreign land watches him grow –my precious one my life's sweet-smelling blossom –silently and humbly. God, I was the one who sent him there –my precious one 't was my own will- humbly I'm stepping on my land. Damn you foreign lands, your winds lured him [...]
  • SongDodecaneseImmigration SongCouplets

My Precious (Tzivaeri)

  • Τζιβαέρι ⬥ Alas, my precious, my fragrant flower now brings joy to a foreign land, gently, gently and quietly. Alack, 'twas I sent him away, my precious, no one made me, gently, gently, I tread the earth gently. I curse you foreign land, you and your prosperity, you took my [...]
  • SongDodecanese

The Day Broke

  • Μέρα μέρωσε ⬥ Studio recording, 1966. Released in 45 rpm disc (Fidelity 7386, 1966) supervised by Domna Samiou.
  • SongDodecaneseSea and Sailors Song

Couplets About the Sea

  • Δίστιχα της θάλασσας ⬥ The sea is humble and resigned, the wind disturbs its calm, a mother bears and rears her child, a stranger will embrace it. The sea waves pound upon the sand, I love you, what am I to do? The sea’s my mother, I have none other, [...]
  • SongDodecaneseRhodesImmigration SongCouplets

Ribbon Interwined

  • Γαϊτανάκι μου πλεγμένο ⬥ I had a ribbon at the weaver’s and felt at the tailor’s, and a loved one in a foreign land, and him I’m waiting for, oh, and him I’m waiting for. Oh, ribbon spun and wound around the spinning wheel. The water is from Rhodes and [...]