Fishermen, Have You Any Fish

Έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια

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Lyrics

– Hey fishermen, have you any fish,
any fish or squid or lobsters?
– We’ve got sardines all golden,
as golden as the maid is fair.
– Mistress, I heard you have a boat
and lay down nets,
and have come to seek its use:
for black eyes I would fish.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια

− Έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια, έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια,
έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια, αστακούς και καλαμάρια,
αστακούς και καλαμάρια.

− Έχομε χρυσή σαρδέλα
σαν την έμορφη κοπέλα.
− Έμαθα κυρά πως έχεις
ψαροπούλα και ψαρεύεις
κι ήρθα να σου τη γυρέψω
μαύρα μάτια να ψαρέψω.

Region: Asia Minor
Type: Couplets
Rhythm: 4 beats
Duration: 03:38

Recording information

Studio recording, 2005.

Domna Samiou taped the song in Kato Panagia, Ilia, sung by Garifalia Sari and Kyriaki Giulbaxioti, in 1980.

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Fishermen, Have You Any Fish

Garifalia Sari, Kyriaki Giulbaxioti. Kato Panagia, Ilia, 1980.

© Domna Samiou Archive

Credits

Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lyra

Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Vangelis Karipis

Bendir (frame drum)

Kyriaki Gioulbaxioti

Informant (source of the song)

Garyfalia Sουri

Informant (source of the song)

See also