Region: Cyclades
Cyclades Paros Fable song (ballad)
A fair maid did sing
A fair maid did sing out in the moonlight,
but the gentle wind took her song
and swept it out to sea
and every boat that h...
Cyclades Mykonos Fable song (ballad), Charon's song | Great Lent song
Evyenoula
Young Evyenoula, comely lass, the lass who married early
and boastfully was wont to say that Charon would not get her
becau...
Cyclades Sifnos Love song
I'd have come last night
I’d have come last night to see you,
amán, amán, amán, but I was caught out in a shower.
Then a heavy downpour soaked me,
...
Cyclades Paros Love song
In a fine orchard
In a fine orchard, laurel and myrtle quarrel.
And myrtle, amàn-amàn, myrtle says to laurel…
And myrtle says to laurel, -You...
Cyclades Naxos Distichs Philosophical song, Carnival song
It is the custom every year
It is the custom every year to mark these days and weeks
with dances for young swains and maids that mothers may rejoice.
S...
Cyclades Kythnos, Dryopida Distichs Love song, Spring song
May is come
May is come and bids me reap but for his sake
I shall not go and darken in the sun.
May, dear May with the flowers
and son...
Cyclades Naxos, Apeiranthos Carolling New Year's carol, Ritual song | Wish well
New Year's carol (Naxos)
Αρχιμηνιά κι αρχιχρονιά
Cyclades Naxos Carolling Epiphany carol, Ritual song | Wish well
Rise lady to adorn yourself
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