Σήμερα είν' η σχόλη σου.
Παραδοσιακό ελληνικό τραγούδι με μουσική καταγραφή και ποιητικό κείμενο = Greek traditional song with musical transcription and lyrics
Recording, oral
This song is sung for a friend or realative celebrating his name day. It describes the entertainment - a lavish spread on the table accompanied by local wine - and finishes with good wishes for the entire family. The song is strophic(i.e. has the same music for each verse), and the lines fifteen syllable iambic. The melody is divided into two parts, the first covering the first (eight-syllable) hemistich, which is extended by a four-syllable repeat, and the second part covering the second, seven-syllable hemistich. An interesting feature of the song is the repetition in the for aa bb, shich is not common in the music of mainland Greece.
