Region: Epirus
Epirus Klephtic song
All the captains' women
All the captains’ women went
and bowed down before Ali Pasha, before the vezir,
but Leni, Bótsaris’ Leni, will not bow her ...
Epirus Klephtic song
At Tserítsiana’s well
At the well of Tserítsiana,
in the heart of the land, hail fine fellows,
there were Bulubasiades watching.
There were Bulu...
Epirus Acritic song
Constantis and Constantas (The death of Digenis)
Oh, Kostantis, oh, Kostantas, oh, young Kostantinos,
for three long years wandered looking for a good wife to wed,
[to find...
Epirus Historical song
Deropolitissa
Δεροπολίτισα
Not available. Text in French follows:
Femme de Déropolis
eh, femme de Déropolis, toi qu'on jalouse,
Avec des cierges et d...
Epirus Polyphonic Foreign lands' song
Forgetful, I am truly glad
Forgetful I am truly glad, but mindful I am saddened;
remembering those foreign lands, I want to set out for them.
– Get up...
Epirus Polyphonic Foreign lands' song
Forgetful, I am truly glad
Forgetful I am truly glad, but mindful I am saddened;
remembering those foreign lands, I want to set out for them.
– Get up...
Epirus Fable song (ballad)
Four, five, nine brothers
Four brothers five brothers nine,
eighteen cousins, none destined to grow to man’s estate
were by royal command to go and f...
Epirus Preveza, Kerasovo Fable song (ballad)
Giannos and Vangelio
Giannos and Vangelio went to the same school,
Giannos to learn to read and write, Vangelio to sing.
Giannos fell in love an...