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Lullabies (Folk music - Dances songs / Kalymnos)

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Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Lullabies
Area: Kalimnos (Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:-
Scale:-
Collector:Dhrandhakis Lefteris
Recording Place:Kalymnian mansion
Recording Date:01/10/1981
Recording Responsible:Syghletos Yannis
Duration:3:15
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:19/03/1995
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:In older days, as one strolled along the narrow streets of Kalymnos, one could often hear, through the open windows, a woman's voice singing a baby to sleep.
Storage media:Folk music - Dances songs / Kalymnos (LP 73)
Artists/Instruments
Koumoundhourou Niki:Singer
Pikramenou Kalliopi:Singer

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