Çiğdem Aslan Live at MÜPA - Barba Giannakakis

Çiğdem at Bea Palya's concert series 'My Silks - Divas From Around the World, at the amazing Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa in Budapest, 2015... Here she sings another Greek song with some Turkish lyrics, Barba Giannakakis by Panagiotis Tountas who was one of the best composers of the Smyrnaic school of Rebetiko. Cigdem is accompanied by Nikos Baimpas - Kanun & Arrangements Michalis Kouloumis - Violin Loukas Metaxas - Double Bass Vasilis Sarikis - Percussion Lyrics (For English scroll down) Βρε μη φοβηθείς τον άνθρωπο, Λούλα μου, Μαρικούλα μου ωρέ όσο θεριό και να΄ναι λέλε ναι κουρμπάν Ωρέ και να μασά τα σίδερα, Λούλα μου, ωρέ Λούλα μου, Ωρέ και να τα καταπίνει, λελε ναι Κουρμπάν Άιντε, άιντε, Μπάρμπα Γιαννακάκη Που΄ναι, που΄ναι, πουν το Μαρικάκι Ψαράκια τηγανίζει μεσ΄το μαγεριό, Εγώ θα σου το πάρω και θα το παντρευτώ Αχ Γιαννάκη Μπιρ όκα άλτα γκέλ γιαρίμ οκά Ωρε αυτόν τον βλάμη π΄ αγαπάς, Λούλα μου, κορούλα μου, ωρε πες του να μεταλάβει ναι λελε κουρμπάν, ωρέ μια Κεριακή ξημέρωμα, Λούλα μου, μανούλα μου, ωρε δύο πιστολιές θα λάβει,ναι λελε Κουρμπάν English Hey do not fear that man, my Loula, my little Mary Much as they say he is big, lele nai kurban** Much as he might be tough enough to eat iron, my Loula, and he swallows it, lele nai Kurban Ajde, ajde*, uncle Little John Where is little Mary She is frying baby fish in the kitchen I will take her away from you and marry her ah, Littlejohn, an oka, take an oka or a half and come over That guy you love, my Loula, my little girl Tell him to go receive Holy Communion, nai lele kurban One Sunday morning, my Loula, my darling Two bullets he will receive, nai lele kurban *Ajde - an expression used commonly throughout the Balkans which means 'come on' ** Kurban - an expression used as a term of endearment