the selected Greek traditional songs translated
(lyrics in English )
1st song: from Epirus (north-west of Greece)
title: my dear yanni (john), your handkerchief
listen to it at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcACU5c5iBE
Yannis My dear, My dear Yannis, your- (hey)
My dear Yannis, your handkerchief (Come on)
Why Is IT Dirty, dear Yannis, My Little Yannis,
Why Is IT Dirty, My Little LAD?
It HAS Been dirtied, IT HAS Been dirtied (hey) IT HAS Been dirtied by The Migration, The Lonely Foreign Lands, dear Yannis, My dear Little Yannis, The Lonely Foreign Lands, My Little LAD.
By Five, by Five (hey) IT HAS Been Washed by Five rivers, (Come on) (oh)
All of Them Have got ITS color , Yannis dear, My Little Yannis, (oh)
My dear Yannis, your handkerchief (Come on)
Why Is IT Dirty, dear Yannis, My Little Yannis,
Why Is IT Dirty, My Little LAD?
It HAS Been dirtied, IT HAS Been dirtied (hey) IT HAS Been dirtied by The Migration, The Lonely Foreign Lands, dear Yannis, My dear Little Yannis, The Lonely Foreign Lands, My Little LAD.
By Five, by Five (hey) IT HAS Been Washed by Five rivers, (Come on) (oh)
All of Them Have got ITS color , Yannis dear, My Little Yannis, (oh)
2nd song: from eptanisa (7 islands/ Ionian sea, west of greece)
title: sweet violets & hyacinths
Listen to it at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EoRn6D90kg
Violets and hyacinths
and sea birds
if you see my sweetheart
give her my regards
Let my guitar break
and its strings be cut
and the hands which play it
be buried in the black ground
Tell me why you think I'm a stranger
am I not the guy you loved?
you adored, you adored so much
and used to kiss?
How wonderful are the evenings
in a boat with a sail
a guy accompanies and a girl sings...
Tell me who your teacher is
the teacher who taught you how to dance
and how to cross your legs
like a duck in the water
Tell me why you think I'm a stranger
am I not the guy you loved?
you adored, you adored so much
and used to kiss?
If you don't give me
the kiss I'm asking for
they will pass my dead body
in front of your door
Violets and hyacinths
and sea birds
if you see my sweetheart
give her my regards.
and sea birds
if you see my sweetheart
give her my regards
Let my guitar break
and its strings be cut
and the hands which play it
be buried in the black ground
Tell me why you think I'm a stranger
am I not the guy you loved?
you adored, you adored so much
and used to kiss?
How wonderful are the evenings
in a boat with a sail
a guy accompanies and a girl sings...
Tell me who your teacher is
the teacher who taught you how to dance
and how to cross your legs
like a duck in the water
Tell me why you think I'm a stranger
am I not the guy you loved?
you adored, you adored so much
and used to kiss?
If you don't give me
the kiss I'm asking for
they will pass my dead body
in front of your door
Violets and hyacinths
and sea birds
if you see my sweetheart
give her my regards.