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Song title |
Den Tragoudw Para Giati Magapises |
Composer |
Dimitris Papadimitriou / Maria Polidouri |
About |
The only reason I sing is because you loved me, the only reason I was born is because you loved me. |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Nalyssa Green |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
Tha Pio Apopse To Feggari (Tonight I'll drink the Moon) |
Composer |
Lefteris Papadopoulos |
About |
A man who loves a woman who's in love with someone else. He wants to "drink the moon" and kill himself, so that she regrets that she left him.
Lyrics:
Tonight I'll drink the moon
and I'll get drunk, and I'll say:
Since you're hunting for someone else
throw a knife so I can cut myself
And when the knife cuts through me
regretful, you'll tell me
Take the tear of the moon,
from its blood, wash yourself
And I, I will take the moon
and pin it to your hair
so that as we lay down together
I'll have the moon in my arms
And when we return
again to the old places
think of how beautiful you'll look
with the moon in your hair |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Alexia Liakounakou |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
Aksion Estin |
Composer |
Michael Chantziathanasiou |
About |
This byzantine song is a praise of love for the Holy Virgin Mary. How marvellous & glorious she is. |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Dimitris Marlagkoutsos |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
Asherombazo (Gathering the hay and putting it away) |
Composer |
Medieval folk song from Cyprus |
About |
After the men finished their early daily work, they walked through the village and sung to their secret loved ones. To please wake up and look into their eyes and to allow their bodies to rest in their arms. |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Kika Georgiou |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
Aroma |
Composer |
Traditional folk song from Paros |
About |
deep and blanket love |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Christina Maxouri |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
O Girismos (The Return) |
Composer |
G. Papaioannou |
About |
the expectation after a separation |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Christina Maxouri |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
Me Ta Matia Kleista (With Eyes Shut) |
Composer |
Kalatzopoulos |
About |
Nobody is going to be able to hurt me the way you do
And after we said goodbye, with tears dry
I left the windows closed all day long
I'm never gonna leave you, you said
I live in my dreams like before
But here, I walk into your sleep
And you kiss me in your dreams again
And I am hugging you with eyes shut
How in the dark sorrow gives birth to joy
Joy to him who now loves you
Dawn touches your hair...
Nobody will be able to love you the way you've loved me, you said... |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Evie Kourtides |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
H Elli |
Composer |
Traditional Folk Song |
About |
A Christian woman who left her husband and children to live with a Muslim man.
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Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Evie Kourtides |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
Ti Einai Auto Pou Lene Agapi |
Composer |
Takis Morakis |
About |
What is this thing what we call love, that secretly guides our hearts. Anyone who has ever felt it always misses it. |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Idra Kayne |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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Song title |
The Little Duck |
Composer |
Nicolas Asimos |
About |
I don't care if you come here and don't speak to me. Maybe you will come sometime but I will be dead and buried. |
Country |
Greece |
Sung by |
Lena Papatheodoru |
Recorded by |
Jacob Kirkegaard |
Place & year of recording |
Athens, Greece, 2012 |
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