Ianni Mou
Associations---Greece Epirus
Tapes Found On---DC Greek, Dc Live, Stepping Stones
Origin---Greece
Choreographer---traditional
Notes
See Sta Tria and Sta Dhio for the steps,
which can be done both to this tune,
often mistakenly thought by circle dancers
to be a dance in its own right---
Sta Dhio is done in two steps.
Sta Tria in three steps---to different beats within the music.
Words in English
Dear Yianni, your - aide!
Dear Yianni, your handkerchief - come on!
Aide, why is it stained, hey Yianni, my little
Yianni?
Aide, why is it stained, hey my little lad?
It was stained by - aide!
It was stained by the foreignerís loneliness - come
on!
Aide, the bleak foreign places,
hey Yianni, my little Yianni!
Aide, the bleak foreign places, hey my good little
boy!
Five ri - aide!
Five rivers washed it - come on!
Aide, and it dyed all five, hey Yianni, my little
Yianni!
Aide, and it dyed all five, hey my little lad!
Words in Native Tongue
Yianni mou, to - aide
Yianni mou, to mandili sou - ella
Aide ti toches leromeno, vre Yianni, Yiannaki
mou?
Aide ti toches leromeno, vre palikaraki mou?
To lerose - aide
To lerose ee xenitya - ella
Aide, ta erima ta xenna,
vre Yianni, Yiannaki mou!
Aide, ta erima ta xenna, vre kalo pedhaki mou!
Penday pota - aide
Penday potamya to plennan - ella
Aide, kay vapsan kay ta penday, vreYianni
Yiannaki mou!
Aide, kay vapsan kay ta penday, vre palikaraki
mou!
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