Dear Mother, I Am Awfully Tired

Βαρέθηκα, μανούλα μου

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Songs of Dame Sea

Lyrics

Dear mother, I am awfully tired of gazing out to sea – to sea,
of gazing out to sea – to sea;
of asking the postman if I’ve got, if I’ve got a letter – a letter,
and receiving no letter – no letter.
Oh, how I wished you were the sea and I the sandy shore,
and wished your gentle waves would come and fall into my arms.

Translated by John Leatham

Original Lyrics

Βαρέθηκα, μανούλα μου

Βαρέθηκα, μανούλα μου, τη θάλασσα να βλέπω – να βλέπω,
τη θάλασσα να βλέπω – να βλέπω·
τον ταχυδρόμο να ρωτώ και γράμμα να μην έχω – να μην έχω,
και γράμμα να μην έχω – να μην έχω.
Ήθελα να ’σαι θάλασσα κι εγώ το περιγιάλι,
τα κύματά σου να ’ρχονται στην εδική μου αγκάλη.

Area: Chios
Type: Couplets
Rhythm: 4 beats
Dance: Syrtos
Duration: 03:18

Recording information

Studio recording (2001). Domna Samiou learned the song in the ’60s by the Chiot cantor Zacharias Mikedis.

Credits

Socrates Sinopoulos
Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

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Zacharias Mikedis

Informant (source of the song)

Discography

See also