Name: Uskadara
Duration: P00H03M37S
Description: Uskadara or Kâtibim, is a Turkish folk song about a woman and her servant traveling to Üsküdar, a large district of Istambul, Turkey. The tune is a famous Istanbul türkü. Many versions of the song can be found in countries neighboring Turkey, usually with entirely different lyrics. The song was made famous in the US in 1953 by Eartha Kitt, also recorded by Eydie Gormé.

Uskadara

from Songs of Olde vol. 1 by Gipsy Moon

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Uskadara or Kâtibim, is a Turkish folk song about a woman and her servant traveling to Üsküdar, a large district of Istambul, Turkey. The tune is a famous Istanbul türkü. Many versions of the song can be found in countries neighboring Turkey, usually with entirely different lyrics. The song was made famous in the US in 1953 by Eartha Kitt, also recorded by Eydie Gormé.

lyrics

I have traveled traveled so far
to find my golden city underneath the stars
for try as I might to find it alone
Im led by the songs and stories of the ancient ones

in blood is a song
to the tale the bones hold on

Uskadara uskadara
Im coming home to you
Uskadara Uskadara
I'm coming home to you

As I travel travel though rain
here by the sea I'm sure to fall in love again
for mountains they move
when stars look away
a homeward dove
just held in the hands of fate

in blood is a song
to the tale the bones hold on

Uskadara uskadara
Im coming home to you
Uskadara Uskadara
I'm coming home to you

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from Songs of Olde vol. 1, track released April 21, 2017
Mackenzie Page (vox, tenor banjo),
Silas Herman (mandolin, octave mandolin),
Matt Cantor (bass, guitar),
Andrew Connley (cello),
Omar Al’Tbal (percussion).

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Gipsy Moon is a four-piece group of artists on an endless musical journey, sharing songs with the hopes of planting inspiration into the soul, starting a fire in the heart, and building community that invokes love in its wildest manifestations.

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