Baj Postole - Vassilopoulos' Cifteteli

8th of April 2017 ,Matrix Rotterdam.

Makis Baklatzis (violin, voice)
Stamatis Pasopoulos (accordion, lute)
Stathis Paraskevopoulos (percussion)

Baj Apostole is a song which has been played allover the surrounding area of Macedonia. Normally it has lyrics but nowdays it is also played as instrumental.
The following one is an instrumental "cifteteli" by the well known greek clarenist Giannis Vassilopoulos.

Το "Μπαι Αποστόλη" ειναι ένα τραγούδι το οποίο παίζεται στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Μακεδονίας. Κανονικά το τραγούδι περιέχει στίχους, αλλά στις μέρες μας το συναντάμε και σαν οργανικό σκοπό.
Το επόμενο είναι ένα οργάνικο τσιφτετέλι, δημιουργία του πολύ γνωστού Έλληνα κλαριτζή Γιάννη Βασιλόπουλου.

[etsie]

Here are the original lyrics of the song, which the Bulgarians later in their country - after they plagiarised the song as they usually do - replaced the reference to Bulgarians with that of the Serbians.

Aj bre baj Postole, ti Vardarsko pile,
kade si tr'gnalo po nokno vreme,
po nokno vreme po mesechina.
Na pat mi te chekat, abre baj Postole,
na pat mi te chekat dve-tri puski,
na pat mi te chekat dve-tri puski.

Prvata puska, aj bre baj Postole,
prvata puska grci andari,
prvata puska grci andari.
Vtorata puska, aj bre baj Postole,
vtorata puska turci askeri,
vtorata puska turci askeri.

Tretata puska, aj bre baj Postole,
tretata puska bugari zhandari,
tretata puska bugarii zhandari.
Mene ne me plashat, aj bre baj Postole,
mene ne me plashat grcite andari,
nitu mene plashat turskite askeri.

Nitu mene plashat, aj bre baj Postole,
nitu mene plashat bugari zhandari,
nitu mene plashat bugari zhandari.
Samo mene plashat, aj bre baj Postole,
samo mene plashat mojte drugari,
mojte drugari i kleti shpioni.

[MarinKarimov]

Baj Apostole is a song that is playing all over Bulgaria. Great Bulgarian hero.
Great sound, great performance..