Melkon / Sacramento-Boston-New York / Μελκόν / Σακραμέντο-Βόστον-Ν.Υόρκη

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Two masters of their instrument: Marko Melkon Alemsherian singing and playing oud, and Harilaos Piperakis with restrained accompaniment on Cretan lyre. This recording on Balkan 822 dates from the mid 1940s.

They speak of the experience of Greek immigrants in Sacramento, CA; Lodi, CA (where Creedence Clearwater Revival was 'stuck'); San Francisco, CA; Boston, MA; and New York, NY. Piperakis eventually lived in Fairfield, CA, not far from Sacramento and Lodi, and is buried just south of San Francisco.

The translations are approximations.

Σακραμέντο και Λοντάι (x3) ο Θεός να σε φυλάει.
Sacramento and Lodi (x3) God bless you.

Πέρασα κι από το Φρίσκο (x3) όλο μπελαλήδες βρίσκω.
I passed through Frisco (x3) all I found was trouble.

Και γραμμή στο Μπόστον πάω (x3) γιατί πoλύ τ’ αγαπάω.
And I go to Boston (x3) because I love it so much.

Βρίσκω όλο μερακλήδες (x3) χουβαρδάδες, ζεϊμπεκλήδες.
All I found were trouble-makers (x3) [?good guys, ?ζεϊμπεκλήδες]

Μέσ’ στη Νέα Υόρκη μπήκα (x3) όλο τζογαδόρους βρήκα.
I went into New York (x3) and found all the gamblers.

Πήγα για να πάρω τσέντζι (x3) κι έφυγα με χωρίς σέντζι.
I went to try my 'chances' (x3) and left with no 'cents-es'.

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I think khouvardades is from the Turkish "hovarda" = drinker/gambler/womanizer....

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