I Went Aboard a Boat

Σε καινούργια βάρκα μπήκα

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Lyrics

I went aboard a boat but newly built,
aboard a boat but newly built, and landed at Michalitsi.

I sought the seaman, strong and bold, who’d been out fishing for a catch.
– Good fishers, have you any fish, some lobsters and some squid maybe?
– Why, yes, we’ve got some fat sardines, just what a pretty lass likes best.

Translated by John Leatham

Original Lyrics

Σε καινούργια βάρκα μπήκα

Σε μωρ’ σε, σε καινούργια βάρκα μπήκα
σε καινούργια βάρκα μπήκα και στο Μιχαλίτσι εβγήκα.

Βρίσκω ναύτες παλικάρια, που ψαρεύανε για ψάρια.
– Έχετε ψαράδες ψάρια, για να φαν’ τα παλικάρια.
– Έχομε χρυσή σαρδέλα, σαν την έμορφη κοπέλα.

Region: Propontis
Category: Sea and Sailors Song
Rhythm: 4 beats
Dance: Syrtos
Duration: 02:58

Recording information

Studio recording, 1961. Released in 45 rpm disc (Philips 8410, 1961) 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

Anna Maniati

Singers

Women’s Group

Choir

Discography

Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969
Recordings in 45 RPM

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