"Den Xanagelieme" or something very much like it (my brother wrote down "Den Xanageliemai" on the sheet music but I don't think that's right) is the name of a wonderfully twisty-tuned Greek song whose tune I learned as a child from an old 78rpm record my father had -- maybe from the 1920s.

Once he'd mastered it, my father played it (the tune, not the record) on mandola for hours on end, with the rest of us jamming along as we could on such instruments as came to hand.

I have the music in front of me, written out by my brother. I am wondering if some kidhearted Hellenic soul can supply lyrics, in Greek and/or translated, and/or a pointer to a recording with samples?

I have found one CD listing a song of that title:

http://www.musical.gr/cddetails.php?gui_language=2&CD_code=5200104352707

(clickifier not working for me this morning)

But with no audio sample, I can't be sure it's the same tune...I am reluctant to go to the risk and expense of ordering it from Greece for shipment to California without ever having heard it.

We don't speak Greek but are pretty good at learning phonetically. Brother and I would love to learn this song! Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thank you!
Claire