Fortunate Bride

Κόρη μου καλορίζικη

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A Wedding Rite

Original Lyrics

Κόρη μου καλορίζικη

Κόρη μου κα- κόρη μου καλορίζικη,
χαρά στο ρι- χαρά στο ριζικό σου,
που παίρνεις τέ- που παίρνεις τέτοιον άγγελο
να βάλεις στο- να βάλεις στο πλευρό σου.

Κόκκινα μανταρινάκια, φύλλα πράσινα,
εις υγείαν της παρέας, κι όξω βάσανα.

Τρία γαρύφαλλα χρυσά σε ασημένιο τάσι,
τ’ αντρόγυνο που έγινε, να ζήσει, να γεράσει.

Κόκκινα φορείς και λάμπεις μες στη γειτονιά,
κι απ’ αλάργα κοκκινίζει η γαρυφαλλιά.

Πρώτα θα πάρω άδεια, κι ύστερα θ’ αρχινήσω,
και την καλή παρέα μας να την ευχαριστήσω.

Όλα τα πουλάκια παίζαν, έπαιζα και ’γώ,
και χορεύαν και γλεντούσαν, γλένταγα και ’γώ.

Γαμπρέ, τη νύφη ν’ αγαπάς, να μην την ε-μαλώνεις,
σα γλάστρα με βασιλικό, να την ε-καμαρώνεις.

Κόκκινα μανταρινάκια, φύλλα πράσινα,
εις υγείαν της παρέας, κι όξω βάσανα.

Region: Sporades
Area: Skiathos
Type: Table Song
Category: Wedding Song
Rhythm: 4 beats
Duration: 04:22

Recording information

Studio recording (2008). Based on Domna Samiou’s 1975 field recording of the song in Skiathos, sung by Yiorgis Tzoumas and Sozia Kyriakouli.

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Fortunate Bride

Yiorgis Tzoumas, Sozia Kyriakouli, Stavros Karathanos. Skiathos, 1975

© Domna Samiou Archive

Credits

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Vassilis Karkantzos

Singers

Nikos Oikonomidis
Nikos Oikonomidis

Violin

Socrates Sinopoulos
Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Kostas Papaprokopiou
Kostas Papaprokopiou

Lute

Vangelis Karipis
Vangelis Karipis

Goblet drum

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Yiorgis Tzoumas

Informant (source of the song)

Discography

A Wedding Rite
Wedding Songs

See also

  • The "Musical Travelogue"

Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou – Skiathos

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Song of Saint George

(Easter Dance)

  • Το τραγούδι του Aϊ-Γιώργη ⬥ O sainted George and honoured master, rider of the grey horse, accoutred with a trusty sword and with a golden lance, it is my wish to compliment your glory and the prowess with which you slayed the monstrous beast, the huge and fearsome lion; at [...]
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O Black Dawn, Won’t You Break

  • Δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή ⬥ Won’t you break, black dawn so I can find peace, my jewel, so I can find peace? My eyes are close to dim… My eyes are close to dimming from the wakefulness, my jewel, my eyes are close to gone. Come up, come out so [...]
  • SongSporadesSkiathosFable Song (Ballad)

A Little Shorty (Skiathos)

  • Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Σκιάθος) ⬥ A short little man had a beautiful wife. The whole neighbourhood was jealous, and all the land and a pasha, a pasha envied him, too. He taxed him hard, imposed a load too heavy to bear. He sold vineyards heavy with grapes and fields swaying [...]
  • SongSporadesSkiathosFable Song (Ballad), Ritual Song

Arta’s Bridge

  • Της Άρτας το γεφύρι ⬥ Down on the shore where land meets sea, where the world ends, they set to building a bridge, but the bridge would not stand firm. They’d build it through till evening and find it fallen every morn. In the dead of night, they’d quake as [...]