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Never On A Sunday

barndance

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on July 21st 2005 by daithic.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Also known as Pote DIn Kuriakos, Ta Paidiá Tou Peiraiá, Ta Pedia Tou Pirea.

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X: 1
T: Never On A Sunday
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Dmaj
Bdcd cded | =cdBd AdGd | Fdcd cded | f>g fe decd |
B=c/2B/2 ^AB =cB^AB | z =c/2B/2 ^AB =cB^AB |
GDGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c de=cd | B8 |
z DGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c B=cAB | G8|
z DGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c de=cd | B8 |
z DGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c B=cAB | G8 |
z2 d2 e2 f2 | g8|-g2 fg a2 g2 | f8|-f2 ef g2 f2 |
e8|-e2 de f2 d2 | B8 | z2 d2 e2 f2 | g8|-g2 fg a2 g2 |
f8|-f2 ef g2 f2 | e8|-e2 de f2 d2 | G8 |
z DGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c de=cd | B8 |
z DGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c B=cAB | G8 |
z DGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c de=cd | B8 |
z DGF GAB=c | d2 d=c d2 d=c | d2 d=c B=cAB | G8|-G2||

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Never On A Sunday sheetmusic
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Never on a sunday

Any time I resurrect this one an accordion friend of mine has some lines that go with it involving consuming whiskey but never on a sunday something like:
"I drink whiskey on a monday, on a tuesday, on a .....(etc)..... but never on a sunday". I don't know the full lyrics as I am too busy with the tune or too full of whiskey ;} .
The first few bars are the intro and then it's into pretty similar repeat phrases. Picked this version up at a session in spain a good number of years ago. Not sure if the key signature should be D there are c and f sharps in it but the tune plays OK for guitar in G.

# Posted on July 21st 2005 by daithic

Wasn't this a Greek song sung by Nana Mouskuri way back in the sixties ?

# Posted on July 21st 2005 by Bannerman

"Never On A Sunday" ~ music by Manos Hadjidakis

Lyrics by Dilly Towns

COMMERCIAL & COPYRIGHTED...EMI

~ but a bit of fun...
it does exist openly on the Internet elsewhere, midi & words...

# Posted on July 21st 2005 by ceolachan

Song from a movie

Never on Sunday was a 1960s movie about a prostitute. In the song she describes her hours of operation.
I can't believe how young some sessioners are.

Bill M

# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by bmckim

I found a song with the same name in a recording with gypsy music. but i've never listened it...

# Posted on August 3rd 2005 by MBAC

"Ta Paidiá tou Peiraiá" ~ the original Greek lyrics, and not a mention of Sunday 8-)

X: 2
T: Ta Paidiá tou Peiraiá
T: Never on Sunday
C: Manos Hadjidkas
S: Melina Mercouri – “Ta Paidiá tou Peiraiá” ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCFXGanTx4A
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Song / Syrto Kritikos / Khaniotikos (Crete)
K: FMaj
|: Fc=Bc Bcdc | BcAc GcFc | Ec=Bc Bcdc | e>fed cdBc :| AB/A/ ^GA BAGA | FB/A/ ^GA BAGA ||
|: FCFE FGAB | c2 cB c2 cB | c2 cB cdBc | A8- | ACFE FGAB | c2 cB c2 cB | c2 cB ABGA | F8- :|
F2 c2 d2 e2 | f4 f4- | ff ef g2 f2 | e4 e4- | ee de f2 e2 | d4 d4- | dd cd e2 c2 | A8- |
A2 c2 d2 e2 | f4 f4- | ff ef g2 f2 | e4 e4- | ee de f2 e2 | d4 d4- | dd cd e2 c2 | F8- ||
|: Fc=Bc Bcdc | BcAc GcFc | Ec=Bc Bcdc | e>fed cdBc :| AB/A/ ^GA BAGA | FB/A/ ^GA BAGA ||
|: FCFE FGAB | c2 cB c2 cB | c2 cB cdBc | A8- | ACFE FGAB | c2 cB c2 cB | c2 cB ABGA | F8- :|
F2 c2 d2 e2 | f4 f4- | ff ef g2 f2 | e4 e4- | ee de f2 e2 | d4 d4- | dd cd e2 c2 | A8- |
A2 c2 d2 e2 | f4 f4- | ff ef g2 f2 | e4 e4- | ee de f2 e2 | d4 d4- | dd cd e2 c2 | F8- ||
|: Fc=Bc Bcdc | BcAc GcFc | Ec=Bc Bcdc | e>fed cdBc :| AB/A/ ^GA BAGA | F8- | F8 |]
N: With the endings for the C part, and the very end, the F8 is a fermata -
N: for which the ending can vary from ~ | F8- | F4- || - to - | F8- | F8- |]

I gather that some other takes for thi end it on this part? ~
|: FCFE FGAB | c2 cB c2 cB | c2 cB cdBc | A8- |
ACFE FGAB | c2 cB c2 cB | c2 cB ABGA |[1 F8- :|[2 F8- | F8 |]

# Posted on August 3rd 2010 by ceolachan

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