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Μαλαματένιος αργαλειός
Μαλαμετένιος αργαλειός και λιβαντένιο* χτένι
Κι έναν κορμί, κι αμάν, αμάν, αγγελικό κάθεται και υφαίνει
Πραματευτής, κι αμάν, αμάν, επέρασε στον μαύρον καβαλάρης
Κοντοκρατεί, κι αμάν, αμάν, τον μαύρο του και την καλημεράει
«Καλή μέρα, κι αμάν, αμάν, σου κόρη μου», σου λυγερή»,
«Καλώς τον ξένο π’ ήρθε»
«Κόρη πώς δεν, κι αμάν, αμάν, παντρεύεσαι να πάρεις παλληκάρι;»
«Έχω άντρα, κι αμάν, αμάν, στην ξενιτιά»…
*λιβαντένιο: από ελεφαντοστούν
This song is about a long lost traveller who returns to his village where nobody recognizes him. He meets his wife and tells her who he is. But she believes him only when he is able to answer successfully a last question concerning a hidden part of her body.
Time signature: 4/4
Mode: Diatonic C with cadence on E. The range is that of a major sixth (C-A), with the occasional addition of the lower G.
Studio recording, 2001. Based on the original recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive” of the “Centre for Asia Minor Studies”.
The song is included in the album Songs of Cappadocia, production: Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives (2002).
Fifteen recordings from 1930 with the authentic Cappadocian singers (recording by Melpo Merlier) and twelve new recordings, from 2001 -based on the original-, with musical supervision by Socrates Sinopoulos.
Singers
Violin
Constantinopolitan lute
Goblet drum
Zil bells
Spoons
