SING YOUR WAY TO FLUENCY
Yes, listening to songs and singing along will improve both your aural and your conversation skills. Songs allow you to easily memorize words and expressions.
Use the following playlist, with the attached lyrics, vocabulary and exercises.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR4mjjSGMhKcpC5yt07FTNu0tKeOdIXBY&si=VRO9na6vFrgadZYT
The songs were chosen for their usefulness in vocabulary and expression memorization. An effort has been made for clean lyrics even with old songs can shock with how inappropriate they can be. Lists with hymns of the church will be added soon.
Listen to the following song list as much as you can:
Τραγούδι για τους Έλληνες ήρωες όλων των χρόνων! A song for the Greek heroes of all time.
ΤΣΑΜΙΚΟΣ
Στα κακοτράχαλα τα βουνά
με το σουράβλι και το ζουρνά
πάνω στην πέτρα την αγιασμένη,
χορεύουν τώρα τρεις αντρειωμένοι:
Ο Νικηφόρος κι ο Διγενής
κι ο γιος της Άννας της Κομνηνής.
Δική τους είναι μια φλούδα γης,
μα εσύ Χριστέ μου τους ευλογείς,
για να γλιτώσουν αυτή τη φλούδα,
απ' το τσακάλι και την αρκούδα.
Δες πώς χορεύει ο Νικηταράς,
κι αηδόνι γίνεται ο ταμπουράς.
Από την Ήπειρο στο Μοριά,
κι απ' το σκοτάδι στη λευτεριά,
το πανηγύρι κρατάει χρόνια,
στα μαρμαρένια του χάρου αλώνια.
Κριτής κι αφέντης είν' ο Θεός,
και δραγουμάνος του ο λαός.
TSAMIKOS
Up on the stony mountains,
They play their flute and their zurnas.
Upon this rock that has received the Holy blessing,
three brave men are dancing:
Nicephorus (Phokas) and the Guard of the Borders, Diogenes,
and the son of Anna Comnena.
Just a sliver of land is theirs,
but you, my Christ, you bless them,
so they might save it, this sliver,
from both the jackal and the bear.
See how Nikitaras dances!
While drums of war turn into nightingales.
From Epirus to Morea,
the darkness turns to freedom.
The feast rages eternal,
on Death's marble threshing floors,
God is the only Master and Judge,
And the lowly ones are his dragomans.