#forty-five lemons

gemsofgreece:

I love folk polyphonic singing! The Greek chorus “Chóres” singing “Σαρανταπέντε Λεμονιές” (Forty five lemon trees)

This is google translate, so it’s not a GREAT translation, but the lyrics to this song are BEAUTIFUL:

Forty-five lemons, braman aman, forty-five lemons planted
in the sand, planted in the sand, lemons loaded.

They make the leaves green, braman aman,
they make the leaves green and the lemons fluffy,
and the lemons fluffy, my little black-eyed.

And whoever cuts them is cut, braman aman,
and whoever cuts them is cut and whoever eats them dies
and whoever eats them dies, my little caressed.

Daughter I will cut and let me cut, braman aman,
daughter I will cut and let me cut, I will eat and die, I
will eat and die, in your hands up

Lyrics for the song Forty Lemons by Kostas Roukounas