Up Upon the Rose

Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά

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Lyrics

The partridge built her nest
amàn amàn, high up upon the rose-bush

And the startled partridge started,
and the roses to the ground did fall.

The neighbours heard the news,
the fine ladies of Pàtras,
picked up their baskets and went a-gathering,
to make wreathes of them.

Translated by Michael Eleftheriou

Original Lyrics

Απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά

’Κεί απάνω στη, κι αμάν-αμάν-αμάν
’κεί απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά
’κεί απάνω στην τριανταφυλλιά
έφτιασε η πέρδικα φωλιά.

Κι αναταράχτ’ η πέρδικα
και πέσαν τα τριαντάφυλλα.
Το μάθανε οι γειτόνισσες
της Πάτρας οι αρχόντισσες.
Παίρνουν τα καλαθάκια τους
και πάνε να τα μάσουνε
στεφάνια να τα φτιάσουνε.

Region: Peloponnese
Category: Love Song, Wedding Song
Rhythm: 3 beats
Dance: Tsamikos
Duration: 03:57

Recording information

Studio recording, 2005.

Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.

Credits

Zacharias Karounis

Singers

Thodoris Georgopoulos

Clarinet

Nikos Oikonomidis

Violin

Kostas Philippidis

Lute

Kostas Meretakis

Tambourine

Discography

Of Nature and of Love

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