Kanaria

Τα κανάρια

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Original Lyrics

Τα κανάρια

Άρχισε καρδιά μου γέλα, γέλα σαν τα πρωτινά
κι ας παγαίνουν οι καημοί μας σαν αντάρα στα βουνά

Tον κελαηδισμό που έχεις να τον είχαν τα πουλιά
να τον είχαν τα καράβια π’ αρμενίζουν με πανιά.

Ήθελα και να σε βλέπω την ημέρα μια φορά
για να παίρνει ο νους μου αέρα κι η καρδιά παρηγοριά.    

Region: Asia Minor
Type: Couplets
Category: Love Song
Rhythm: 4 beats
Duration: 04:28

Recording information

Studio recording, 1986.

Domna Samiou taped the song in Agiassos, Lesvos, sung by a group of amateur actors, in 1965.
According to the informants, the song originates from the village of Demircili, near Urla on the Eritrean peninsula.
The original recording is included in the collection Ethnologie Vivante: Grèce (1970).

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Kanaria

Group of amateur actors. Agiassos, Lesvos 1965

© Domna Samiou Archive

Credits

Domna Samiou

Singers

Mixed choir

Choir

Yiorgos Koros

Violin

Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas

Oud

Mathios Ventouris

Lute

Michalis Klapakis

Goblet drum

Discography

A Stroll with Domna Samiou

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