Another pair of song cousins: Πάλιωσε το σακάκι μου and Nobody knows you ...

Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MzU8xM99Uo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3mtsBFe2Us

Once I lived the life of a millionaire,
Spent all my money, I just did not care.
Took all my friends out for a good time,
Bought bootleg whiskey, champagne and wine.

Then I began to fall so low,
Lost all my good friends, I did not have nowhere to go.
I get my hands on a dollar again,
I'm gonna hang on to it till that eagle grins.

'Cause no, no, nobody knows you
When you're down and out.
In your pocket, not one penny,
And as for friends, you don't have any.

When you finally get back up on your feet again,
Everybody wants to be your old long-lost friend.
Said it's mighty strange, without a doubt,
Nobody knows you when you're down and out.

When you finally get back upon your feet again,
Everybody wants to be your good old long-lost friend.
Said it's mighty strange,
Nobody knows you,
Nobody knows you,
Nobody knows you when you're down and out.

Πάλιωσε το σακάκι μου - 1948
Στίχοι: Βασίλης C
Μουσική: Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...s&song_id=4961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NC53i-JDZg

English translation (see http://www.allthelyrics.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=157562)

My jacket is old
I'm going to die because of my sorrow
and I have a lot of pain
I can not buy another

So many suits I have given away
but now that I 'm gone bust
no more friends approach me -
they look at the old clothes.

When you are well-dressed
people walk close beside you;
but when your clothes are old,
they don't even say good-day.

Yes, I believe that the two songs have the same meaning and feeling.

Another pair of song cousins - these two are both about catastrophes and church-bells:

Οι καμπάνες της Αγιάς Σοφιάς - 1972
Απόστολος Καλδάρας
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ0lNCs5BQY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_of_Rhymney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHZgIlYSgiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFb_xZR3K0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0HEXdKXSaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_eVaLeiQ0