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Two syrtos dance/songs from the island of Amorgos.
lyrics
I Fili Mou Tis Agonis Grammis (My Friends in the Barren Land):
My friends in America, for you I will sing.
This cassette that I recorded is my gift to you all.
I returned from foreign lands to our beloved islands.
Kapetan Yiannis Skopelitis:
I'm not afraid of you, sea, nor of the strong winds of Crete,
Not with a boat built by the brave-hearted Skopelitis.
Skopelitis, along the shore, off to Naxos, Amorgos, and around the isles.
You pilot your ship with heart.
Here's to you, Yianni, and a good voyage!
And, here's to your son that you gave us, together with your heart.
Your name will live forever in this land.
Yianni, you are your mother's only child
And she prays that the Virgin Mary will always protect you.
Καπεταν Γιαννης Σκοπελιτης:
Δεν σε φοβιζω θαλασσε
και τα μποφορ της Κρητης
με το καραβι που κανες
λεβεντης Σκοπελιτης
chorus:
Σκοπελιτης στο γιαλο
που παει Ναξο κι Αμοργο
και τα νησια γυριζει
Καπετανευεις με καρδια
Καπετα Γιαννη εχε γεια
Γεια μωλα εγεια λεσα
Στο γυιο σου που τον χαρησες
μαζι με την καρδια σου
Στην χωρα πανω εγραψες
για παντα τ' ονομα σου
Η μανα που σε γεννησε
Για να μοναχο σ' εχει
Στην Παναγια προσευχεται
παντα να σε προσεχει
Η φίλοι μου της Άγωνης Γραμμής:
Ε αμάν αμάν,
Φίλοι μου της Αμερικής
Αϊντες φίλοι μου φίλοι μου της Αμερικής
για σας για σας θα τραγουδίσω.
Ε αμάν αμάν,
και την κασσέτα που έγραψα
Αϊντες για σας θα για σας θα τραγουδίσω,
Αϊντε σ' όλους να σ' όλους να τη χαρίσω.
Γυρίστε απο την ξενικτία
Στ' αγαπημένα μας νησιά
Ε, στο βρέκα και στο,
Στο Βρέκα και στο Γαπαλά
Αϊντε στο Βρέκα στο Βρέκα και στο Γαπα-
αλά Λουδάρους, Λουδάρους Θεολογίτες
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released December 1, 2011
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