Manuscript mantinades 1955 belonging to Nitsa *The mantinada is a poem consisting of two verses that are usually fifteen syllables in rhyme or four half-verses that do not necessarily rhyme. It is a means of spontaneous popular expression in several parts of Greece, but mainly as a category of island Greek song in Crete, which is famous for its mantinades. “Bαρέθηκα τη νότη μου θέλο να τη πολήσω θελο να βρο μια μερακλού να μην την χαραμήσω” “I’m bored of my youth I want to sell it I want to find a meraklou (woman who enjoys life) as not to waste it further”