Wow! A great waltz-time (3/4) rebetiko! Wonder if there are any other good ones ??

Μια παλιά ιστορία (Μην σκαλίζεις τη στάχτη ) 1970
Στίχοι: Κώστας Βίρβος
Μουσική: Στέλιος Καζαντζίδης
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...s&song_id=9709
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CdB4SSTpAE

Also, could someone give a good translation of this verse?

Μια φορά εγελούσες όταν έκλαιγα εγώ
σαν σκυλί με τραβούσες πότε εκεί, πότε εδώ.
Μα περάσαν τα χρόνια κι ήρθαν άλλοι καιροί
τώρα εγώ θα γελάω μα θα κλάψεις εσύ.

Also, in the youtube clip above, why is someone in the background imitating a dog barking ?????? What is happening in the movie at that point?

Originally Posted by David Halitsky

Μια παλιά ιστορία (Μην σκαλίζεις τη στάχτη ) 1970
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...s&song_id=9709
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CdB4SSTpAE

Also, could someone give a good translation of this verse?

Μια φορά εγελούσες όταν έκλαιγα εγώ
σαν σκυλί με τραβούσες πότε εκεί, πότε εδώ.
Μα περάσαν τα χρόνια κι ήρθαν άλλοι καιροί
τώρα εγώ θα γελάω μα θα κλάψεις εσύ.

Also, in the youtube clip above, why is someone in the background imitating a dog barking ?????? What is happening in the movie at that point?

I LOVE IT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMym_T0WyU

Read this and you understand. People can't imagine the difference of the lyrics...

Once you laughed when I cried
like a dog pulling me (some times) there,(some times) here.
But the years passed and came other times
now I'll laugh but you will cry.

Thanks for clearing up the matter of the "barking", Duffy.

Thanks also for the example of another waltz - it's interesting that the song is as late as 2002. Sounds much earlier, because the instrumentation (orchestration) is so simple.

Here's another in waltz-time, by the master himself (Zambetas.)

Since the tempo is fast, it might be considered a 6/8 rather than a 3/4: Dah-da-da Dah-da-da

Ήρθα κι απόψε στα σκαλοπάτια σου - 1961
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...ils&song_id=75
Στίχοι: Χαράλαμπος Βασιλειάδης & Νίκος Μουρκάκος
Μουσική: Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR09CloB_xE (Anagnostakis)

Just heard another on Glenti 101.1 (Xanthi):

Ξενάκι - 1971
Στίχοι: Σταύρος Κουγιουμτζής
Μουσική: Σταύρος Κουγιουμτζής
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...ls&song_id=973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiQMsBZMx5U

Here's another fast one, maybe a 6/8 instead of a 3/4:

Glenti 101.1

Δυο νύχτες - 1969
Στίχοι: Ηλίας Λυμπερόπουλος
Μουσική: Τόλης Βοσκόπουλος
http://www.stixoi.info/stixoi.php?in...&song_id=14263
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA4dRw5D8cI