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Lyrics
A blue dove,
oh, a blue dove flew by.
Flying from mountain to mountain
she was searching for her mate.
My love so far away, tell me,
my love in a foreign land, how I can wait?
Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
Original Lyrics
Μια γαλάζια περιστέρα
Μια γαλά- σεβντίμ αμάν αμάν,
μια γαλάζια περιστέρα
αχ, μια γαλάζια περιστέρα
αχ, πέταξι και πάει ’σια πέρα.
Το ιβουνό βουνό πιτούσι
και το ταίρι της ζητούσι.
Ταίρι μου ξενιτεμένο
πες μου πώς να περιμένω.
Information
- Region: Macedonia
- Area: Kavala, Nikisiani
- Categories: Love song
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Dance style: Local dance
- Duration: 04:16
Collaborators
- Singer: Domna Samiou
- Constantinopolitan lyra: Socrates Sinopoulos
- Bowed tambouras: Evgenios Voulgaris
- Daouli (davul): Vangelis Karipis
- Informant (source of the song): Vangelis Daskaloudis
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Recording information
Recorded in a studio, in 2006.
Domna Samiou taped the song in Nikisiani, Kavala, sung by Vangelis Daskaloudis, in 1977.
Multimedia
Videos
A blue dove
Concert in Montevideo - 1991
A blue dove - Nikisiani, Macedonia
By Vangelis Daskaloudis, in the village of Nikisiani. Musical Travelongue - Carnival of the Twelve Nights, Eastern Macedonia - ERT 1977