Wedding Serenade

Ώρα ‘ναι για τη γειτονιά

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Original Lyrics

Ώρα 'ναι για τη γειτονιά

Ώρα ’ναι για τη γειτονιά  και για την πατινάδα
Και για το πέρα μαχαλά, πό ’χει τη νοστιμάδα
Άιντε κι ας είν’ η στράτα μας τριαντάφ’λο ανοιμένο
ας είν’ και η αγάπη μας σεντούκι κλειδωμένο

Region: Eastern Aegean
Area: Samothrace
Type: Processional Tune
Category: Wedding Song

Recording information

Studio recording, 2002. Collected in Samothrace by Nikólaos B. Phardýs, at the end of the 19th century (Markos Ph. Dragoumis, 85 Demotic Melodies from the manuscripts of Nikólaos Phardýs, Music Folklore Archive, Athens 1991, no 2, p. 28).

Credits

Katerina Papadopoulou

Singers

Yiorgos Marinakis

Violin

Socrates Sinopoulos

Constantinopolitan lute

Kyriakos Tapakis

Lute

Kostas Meretakis

Bendir (frame drum)

Discography

In the Middle of the Sea

See also

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  • SongEastern AegeanLesvos, MandamadosLove Song, Sad and Plaintive SongCouplets

To Whom Then Shall I Tell My Woe

  • Τίνος να πω τον πόνο μου ⬥ To whom then shall I tell my woe, who will not sigh or groan? Even the tight-lipped stone itself would shed a silent tear. The sun has set beyond the rim yet the earth still simmers. Oh, may the heart that does not [...]
  • SongEastern AegeanLove SongCouplets

My Aching Breast

  • Το πονεμένο στήθος μου ⬥ My aching breast may well pain me, but does not speak of it, and though my lips may sing a song, my heart does weep within. I weep and moisten with my tears the ground that I stand on, and yet there’s not a soul [...]
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Kanaria

  • Τα κανάρια ⬥ English translation is not available. The lyrics in French follows: Commence à rire, mon coeur, Canaris, à rire comme avant, et que nos soucis s'en aillent, Canaris, comme la tempete vers les montagnes. Il me semble incroyable, Canaris, dis-moi, qu'en penses-tu que tu deviennes ma compagne Canaris, [...]
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Down There in the Island of Rhodes

  • Κάτω στη Ρόδο ⬥ Studio recording, 2002. Collected in Samothrace by Nikólaos B. Phardýs, at the end of the 19th century.