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The forest ranger / Ο δ​α​σ​ο​ν​ό​μ​ο​ς

from Grippy Grappa (2013) by Monsieur Doumani

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A Cypriot folk song of great anthropological interest. It is a dialogue between a mother and her daughter: the mother is advising her daughter not to marry the forest ranger and that her life will be much more comfortable with a lawyer or a teacher, since the forest ranger gets dirty and his salary and status in society is low.

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Τζ΄ίντα τον θέλεις ρα πελλή εσού τον δασονόμο, να μπαίνει μες τον καβενέν με το βουρτζί στον ώμον
Τζ΄ίντα τον θέλεις ρα πελλή εσού τον δασονόμο, τζ΄εν παίρνεις ένα δάσκαλον για ένα δικηόρο
Του δικηόρου μάνα μου εν κομμένη η ποινή του, στην πίσσα τζαι στην χόγλαση μετρά την αμοιβή του
Τζαι του δασκάλου α μανα εν μαύρο το βλατζί του, απού τον σιηλλομπάσταρτον που ΄ν πας την τζεφαλή του.
Ο δασονόμος κόρη μου ήσυχος εν θα μείνει, εννα γυρίζει τα βουνά τες πυρκαγιές να σβήννει, να γίνεται ολόμουζος γι΄ανάμισι σελίνι
Οι δασονόμοι μάνα μου που το 35, επιάνναν τα πεντόλιρα τζαι ζούσαν σα λεβέντες.

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from Grippy Grappa (2013), released July 1, 2013
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