Tout gai! | Tout gai! gai, Ha, tout gai!

Translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Γιαρούμπι , έχεις γάμπα

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Γιαρούμπι , έχεις γάμπα,
τικ ε τικ ε σπάστα,
τα ποτήρια σπάστα, βάι να μα.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) ENG GER HUN ITA SPA ; composed by Maurice Ravel.

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Tout gai!

Language: French (Français) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ENG GER HUN ITA SPA

Tout gai! gai, Ha, tout gai!
Belle jambe, tireli, qui danse;
Belle jambe, la vaisselle danse,
Tra la la la la...

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Text Authorship:

by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Tout gai!", M. A. 9 no. 5 (1904-6), published 1909 [voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 5, not originally part of this cycle; based on Hubert Pernot's "6 Chanson grecque de l'Ile de Chio" [ sung text verified 1 time]

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