Mary wrote:
I am of Greek decent but I have forgotten most of my Greek. I do remember vaguely a song my yia yia used to sing. I was wondering if you could help me with it.
I found this on the internet, but the song I remember is much shorter and ends with “ya ma ta zahara, ta!”. The first 2 lines are the same.
From the internet:
Κούνια, μπέλα
έσπασε η κουτέλα,
βγήκε μια κοπέλα,
που’ τρωγε σταφύλια.
Της ζήτησα μια ρώγα,
μου δωσε ένα μπάτσο,
έπεσα στο βάτο,
βγήκα το Σαββάτο.Thanks for your help.
Mary
If anyone can help Mary, and/or translate this song, please comment below or email me at lisa@mamalisa.com .
Thanks!
Mama Lisa
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November 14th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Κούνια – μπέλα
έπεσε η κοπέλα
κι έσπασε τα πιάτα
γεμάτα ζαχαράτα!
Should you descendants come from Northern Greece, around the Veroia area, then this is what you’ve been looking for!