Such songs circulated as widely as the musicians who performed them -- including across different ethnic (and even alphabetic) boundaries. 

For instance, in 1926, Achilleas Poulos, an oud player of Greek descent, recorded the Turkish language song "Why have I come to America?" (Neden geldim Amerika'ya?). The song was a minor hit, and was soon picked up by Armenian musicians, such as the Armenian oud player Jimmy Nazarethian, who lightly adapted its lyrics, while still singing in Turkish. 

Both Poulos and Nazarethian played at the café scene in Detroit Greektown. Nearby, at the Paros Bookstore, Phonographs & Record Shop, one could buy a pamphlet of Armenian and Turkish song lyrics, which also featured this song, for 10 cents. While the lyrics of the song remained in the Turkish language, they were published using the Armenian alphabet -- an incredibly common form of writing in the Ottoman Empire known as Armeno-Turkish, which continued to flourish in America for many decades.

In the Armeno-Turkish lyrics of "Why have I come to America?", the USA assumes the place of the classical beloved, luring the speaker away from his home and hearth with a sweet beguilement: 

1928 Paros book store Phonographs and Records 806 Souths Solvay Ave, Detroit, Michigan

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Achellieas Poulos most famous song "Why I Came To America" ​​rings home to so many foreigners from the Greeks to the Turks to The Armenians to Americans. All languages ​​he could sing and speak.

Ahilleas Pulas (vocal-oud), Nick Sedefciyan (violin)

Why did I come to America? I'm stuck, a wanderer. Now I regret it a thousand times. But it's over, oh what a solution. Ahh I wish I hadn't come. Ahh I wish I hadn't seen. You're the only one, sweet America. I wish I hadn't seen, I wish I hadn't come.

The winter sea of ​​Bandırma The ships are in a row, Have you no mercy? Why did you make us sad? Oh I wish I hadn't escaped, Oh I wish I hadn't overcome, You are the only one, flirty Bandırma I wish I hadn't escaped, I wish I hadn't overcome.

Ahilleas Pulos, who immigrated from Anatolia to America in 1918, apparently could not find what he was looking for in America and expressed his longing for Anatolia, especially in the songs he recorded in Turkish.

It is known that A. Pulos, whose biography is unknown, played the oud and made his first recordings in America, where he emigrated from Anatolia in 1918. It is known that he sang nearly 82 of his 99 recordings in Turkish (1926-1927). Pulos, who usually played the oud in the recordings, was usually accompanied by the violinist Nişan Sedciyan, who was of Armenian origin.

Rembetika, released by Kalan Music, is included in the album Aşk, Gurbet, Hapis and Tekke Şarkıları. 

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