Sourva, Sourva (New Year Carol from Thrace)

Σούρβα, σούρβα

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Good Day Brothers (Epiphany Carol from Patmos)

Original Lyrics

Σούρβα, σούρβα (Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς Θράκης)

Σούρβα, σούρβα, γιρό κουρμί,
γιρό κουρμί, γιρό σταυρί,
σαν ασήμι, σαν κρανιά
κι του χρόν’ ούλ’ γιροί,
ούλ’ γιροί, καλόκαρδοι.

Σούρβα, σούρβα, γεια χαρά,
γιά1 σταφίδις, γιά παρά,
γιά καρύδις, γιά μπαντέμια,2
γιά ένα ξυλουκέρατου.

1γιά: ή (διαζευκτικό)
2μπαντέμια: αμύγδαλα

Region: Thrace
Type: Carol
Category: New Year's Carol, Ritual Song
Rhythm: 7 beats
Duration: 00:32

Recording information

Studio recording (1974).

Credits

Children’s Choir of the mixed High School “Estia Neas Smyrnis”
Children’s Choir of the High School “Estia Neas Smyrnis”

Choir

Discography

Good Day Brothers (Epiphany Carol from Patmos)
Greek Carols

See also

  • SongThraceNew Year's Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Leaving the Noble Home (New Year Carol from Thrace)

  • Π’ αυγινικό κι αν βγήκαμι ⬥ New Year carol from Thrace. Recorded in 1974.
  • SongThraceChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Song (Thrace)

  • Ευχές και παινέματα (Θράκης) ⬥ Christmas carol from Thrace. Recorded in 1974.
  • SongDodecaneseAstypaleaNew Year's Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Listen Again Lords (New Year Carol from Astypalea)

  • Πάλιν ακούσετ’ άρχοντες ⬥ New Year carols from Astypalea with the Children’s Choir of the High School “Estia Neas Smyrnis”. Recorded in 1974.
  • SongEastern AegeanIkaria, FourniNew Year's Carol, Ritual SongCarol

St. Basil Is Coming (Ikaria)

  • Άγιος Βασίλης έρκεται ⬥ New Year carol from Fourni, Ikaria, featuring St. Basil as a shepherd, with a choir and Antonis Spanos (tsambouna). Recorded in 1974.
  • SongThraceEpiphany Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Today Is Epiphany, Feast of Light (Thrace)

  • Σήμιρα τα Φώτα κι φουτισμός (Κάλαντα Θράκης) ⬥ Epiphany carol from Thrace. Recorded in 1974.