Young Sailor

Αρμενάκι

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By the Flowering Oleander

Original Lyrics

Αρμενάκι

Αρμενάκι ’μαι, κυρά μου, πάρε με,
άνοιξε την αγκαλιά σου, βάλε με.

Έλα, βάρκα, να με πάρεις, πάρε με,
σε νησιώτικο λιμάνι, βγάλε με.

Region: Cyclades
Type: Couplets
Category: Love Song, Sea and Sailors Song
Rhythm: 2 beats
Dance: Balos
Duration: 03:15

Recording information

Studio recording (1975).

Watch a different version of the song by Domna Samiou (1977)

Credits

Domna Samiou
Domna Samiou

Singers

Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas
Petros Athanasopoulos-Kalyvas

Clarinet

Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis
Alekos Pavlou-Arapakis

Violin

Aristides Moschos
Aristides Moschos

Santur

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Dimitris Nomikos

Lute

Mathios Balabanis
Mathios Balabanis

Goblet drum

Discography

By the Flowering Oleander
By the Flowering Oleander

See also

  • SongCycladesSea and Sailors SongCouplets

You Quench Your Thirst… O Sea

  • Θάλασσα π’ όλα τα νερά ⬥ Syrtos dance song from the Cyclades with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1989.
  • SongCycladesSea and Sailors SongCouplets

You Quench Your Thirst… O Sea

  • Θάλασσα π’ όλα τα νερά ⬥ Syrtos dance song from the Cyclades with Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki. Released on a 45 rpm disc in 1959.
  • SongCycladesSea and Sailors SongCouplets

You Quench Your Thirst… O Sea

  • Θάλασσα π’ όλα τα νερά ⬥ Syrtos dance song from the Cyclades with Irini Liadaki. Released on a 45 rpm disc in 1965.
  • SongCycladesKythnos, DryopidaLove Song, Spring SongCouplets

May Is Come

  • Ήρχεν ο Μάης ⬥ Song of May from Kythnos with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2005.
  • SongCycladesNaxosCarnival Song, Philosophical SongCouplets

It Is the Custom Every Year

  • Τούτες οι μέρες το ’χουνε ⬥ Carnival dance song from Naxos with Domna Samiou. Live recording (1994).