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Brother James MP3 Midi
Come, Good Sleep (Lullaby) MP3
Come, Sleep, Come, Health (Lullaby)
Grandmother 
Midi
Midi Little Rabbit MP3
Make No Noise (Lullaby)
My Rosy Child (Lullaby)
Sleep (Lullaby)
Sleep, My Darling (Lullaby)
The Rose is Sleeping Beside the Marjoram (Lullaby)
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Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Greece:
Kourabiedes are Greek shortbread cookies that are eaten for Christmas, Easter and Christenings. Sometimes at Christmastime, they’re made with a clove in the middle to represent the spices the three magi brought to Jesus as a gift. There are many variations of these cookies - so feel free to tinker with the recipe. Here’s how... Read more »
Daria (a children’s performer) wrote to me about her husband’s experience as a child in Greece at Christmas time. Here’s what she wrote: "My husband grew up in Greece and loves to remember caroling with a triangle during the Christmas season. He and his brothers and sisters would go door to door and even on the... Read more »- We’ve been emailed some questions about Greek songs and rhymes. Here are the emails: 1. O pateras olon… Hello Mama Lisa, I’ve stumbled upon your site and very happy to do so. My husband and I are becoming grandparents for the first time and while we await the arrival of our grandbaby, I want to brush up on... Read more »
- Katina wrote asking for help with two Greek songs that she’d like to sing to her great-granddaughter. Here’s what she wrote: Hi Mama Lisa, I have two songs that were sung to me by my father and mother, and that I sang to my children and grandchildren. I want to sing them to my great-granddaughter, but I... Read more »
- Kitte asked me an interesting question about a Greek rhyme she heard at the Acropolis that helped to end a fight between two men. Here’s what she wrote about it… Hi Lisa, I have a question that is about something I experienced in Athens in the mid 90’s and have wondered about ever since. I was a... Read more »
Here’s how you play the Greek Easter Egg Game… 1. Hard boil eggs and dye them red. In Greece, it’s traditional to dye eggs red for Easter. 2. Two players pick an egg. Player one clacks (taps) her egg on the top of player two’s egg. 3. Both players turn over their eggs. 4. Player 2 clacks... Read more »
Last month a ship from the 1700’s was found in the Ground Zero construction site in New York. The ship was probably sunk at the site in an effort to extend the land in Manhattan in the early 19th century. It’s called The Mystery Ship and it’s now being studied at a lab... Read more »- Nicky wrote: I am trying to find the Greek lyrics to a childhood song my Greek mother used to sing to me. From what I remember the words went something like this… Sandalia exi i Anna mas kanis kai paithela nahoun apo piso kai tou ta ftera. Nai thoxa tis horas palatia kalives kai opou kai... Read more »
Caroling is part of the Greek Christmas tradition. A carol is called Kalanta or Kalanda in Greek. Kids go out caroling on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and Epiphany Eve (January 5th). They go door to door singing carols, often bring along triangles to play while singing. The playing is different than... Read more »- We received a Greek kids clapping song called Palamakia that we could use a little help with. Below is the Greek text, a transliteration and a rough translation. We’d like to know if the English translation is okay or if it needs to be changed at all… Greek Text Παλαμάκια Παλαμάκια παίξετε κι... Read more »
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Aesop's Fables
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Read the fables and see them illustrated in a traditional and a more modern way.
Institute for Balkan Studies
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