Song types: Distichs
Central Greece Attiki Processional tune | Distichs Love song, Local song
A walk in Sergiani
Σεργιάνι 'ναι στη Σεργιανή
Asia Minor Erythrea, Reisdere Distichs Love song
Again they entered in the dance
Again they entered in the dance, four eyes as dark as olives,
four eyes that weave like shuttle through the hearts they brea...
Central Greece Kythira, Livadi Distichs Love song
An orange joined the dance
The beautiful orange
joined the dance once more,
and its one side smelt just as sweet as the other.
The beautiful cypress ...
Asia Minor Distichs Love song
Arabas (A horse-cart is passing by)
A horse-cart's passing by, raising clouds of dust,
pull up your little dress 'cause it will gather dust.
A horse-cart's pas...
Asia Minor Erythrea, Vourla Processional tune | Distichs | Table song Sad and plaintive song
At dawn
At dawn not once did I get up without sighing
arise, my sun, come, talk to me
without bending again on the pillow and cryin...
Asia Minor Erythrea, Alatsata Distichs Love song
Attaris
I vowed to the Holy Virgin
not to sing again.
Attaris!
But for your sake
I will break the vow.
Four!
Once again four bl...
Asia Minor Erythrea, Alatsata Distichs Love song
Ballos from Alatsata
Start, sweet tongue of mine, and remember, my lips,
And you poor heart, tell what you know.
Of songs and commendations I ...
Macedonia Distichs Love song
D'you hear the water-mills
D’you hear the water-mills that pound, and how the waters roar?
We two do love each other well, so let the people clamour.
...
Eastern Aegean Chios Distichs Sea and sailors chanty, Love song
Dear mother, I am awfully tired
Dear mother, I am awfully tired of gazing out to sea, to sea,
of gazing out to sea, to sea
of asking the postman if I’ve go...
Asia Minor Erythrea, Meli Distichs Love song
Dimitroula
You dance, my spoilt one, but I don't know who are you,
from your stature you seem, scampish perivolaria,
to be of noble bi...
Asia Minor Smyrna, Baindiri Distichs Love song
Do not nurture any doubts
Oh, do not nurture any doubts about my love for you.
I feel quite lost when you are gone one hour from me.
You are a garden...
Crete Distichs Easter song, Ritual song
Easter couplets
Because today is Easter Day, the world is making merry,
all strangers, kith and kin, and friends embrace, kiss one another.
...
Pontus Trabzon Distichs Easter song, Ritual song
Easter couplets
Easter has come round again, throw out the koukouràs1
and put a red egg laid this year upon the ikon stand2.
Glad returns o...
Constantinople Distichs Love song
Farewell Holy One
In Galatá a shower falls, a downpour in Tatávla.
The loveliest of all the girls is she who's dressed in black.
It was nothi...