Το "στρατηγείο" του Ρεμπέτικου

Anamnisis tou Kosta Birvou apo to cafe-bar tou Mariou kai tous thamones tou (ypo morphi stixon):

Ionos mesa sto steno sto Mario to syriano
epigenan na pioun raki oi kalitexnes oi laiki

O Stratos o “tebelis” me ton “vraxno” to Marko
pou halage o kosmos san vgenane sto palko

o “vlaxos” o Tsitsanis kai i Ninou i Marika
i Sotiria Bellou me mia parea glyka

Ionos mesa sto steno sto Mario to syriano
epigene ki o “ser Mpithi” pinakl na paixi kai rami

O Pappaioannou o “psilos” kai o Kazantzidis o “ntropalos”
o Batis poutan paliatzis kai o “kompsos” o Kuriazis

ta pio kala bouzoukia o “dillinger” (Tatasopoulos) kai o “Sporos”
edo kai o Tsaousakis kathe tragoudi ntoros

Xrysinis, Peristeris oi duo maestri totes
auti stis etairies sou anoigane tis portes

Ionos mesa sto steno sto Mario to syriano
i Eutuxia mas i “gria” poulouse stixous mpir para

Na ki o “korios” me ton Petsa kai to Ntarala to Louka

o Xatzihristos o “glykos” ki o Derveniotis o “hontros”

o Hiotis o Manolis o “Grand Aristokratis”
mazi ki i Mairi Linta me ta gounarika tis

o Tolios o Kaldaras kathotan sti gonia
ton pire to bouzouki ap’ ti geoponia

“Tsantas o Logias” panta edo, Basiliadis to sosto

o Laukas kai o “Mpir-Allax” kai i omorphi “Hanoum Sebah”

Na ki Zabetas prospathi stis etairies gia na mpei

i Grei kai o Gavalas pou totes itane psaras

ton Gogo ton Dimitri ton legan “mpagiantera”
giati gia mpagianteres tragoudise mia mera

o Stauros Tzouanakos ki o Giorgos o Mitsakis
na ki o Kolokotronis kai o Karapatakis

talento fotino pou les, ma poulage tis mousikes

Ionos mesa sto steno epigena paidi kai ego
epigena paidi kai ego Ionos mesa sto steno

eida to kosmo sto steno pou roufagan kalami
me peiran ta ntoumania tous kai m’ekanan xarmanh

ola t’asteria htan ekei kai pinan argiledes
afou oi vlaxoi(astynomikoi)mpoukaran kai kleisan tous tekedes