Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

The lucky lover

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Love songs
Area: Kars (Caucasos)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Pontic dialect
Dance:-
Scale:D mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:22
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:30/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:3/4 - 'Lucky is he who has been engaged to a girl from the same neighbourhood because they can meet every morning...'. Although this is a table song, it can also be danced as an 'embropis', which is another way of naming the 'omal from Kerasous'.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 704)
Artists/Instruments
Charalambidhis Yannis:Pontic lyra (Kemençe)
Charalambidhis Yannis:Singer
Photos Collection

Γιάννης Χαραλαμπίδης, Ταχταγρά - Καύκασος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Γιάννης Χαραλαμπίδης, Ταχταγρά - Καύκασος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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