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Oson zes fainu
Found in oson-zes-fainu.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:1204 T:Oson zes fainu T:Drinking song (c. 100 B.C.) C:anon. O:Greece B:Allorto: Antologia della storia della Musica (Milano 1959) N:ABC transcription by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com R:Drinking song Z:Reconstructed by Ricardo Allorto F:http://abc.musicaviva.com/tunes/greece/oson-zes-fainu.abc %Posted June 19th 2000 at abcusers by Frank Nordberg. M:6/8 L:1/8 K:E dorian %or rather: ancient Greek phrygian Ae2 e3|(cde) d3|c2d e (dc)|BA2 (BG2)| w:O-son zes fai-__nu, me den o-los_ su li-pu:_ A c e d (cd)|cA2 (BG2)|A c B d e c|AA2 (A/F/E2)|| w:pros o-li-gon es-_ti to zen_ to te-los o cro-nos a-pai tei.__ W: W:Oson zes fainu, W:me den olos su lipu: W:pros oligon esti to zen W:to telos o cronos apai tei. %Ricardo Allorto once attempted to reconstruct this ancient %Greek drinking song from the inscription on a tombstone. It's %impossible to say if it's very authentic, but it sounds really nice %in any case. W: W: W: From Musica Viva - http://www.musicaviva.com W: the Internet center for free sheet music downloads.