Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te rekoata tuatahi o te waiata i tuhia e te kaiwaiata rebetiko Theodotos ("Tetos") Demetriades () i te 1927. I whanau a Demetriades, he Kariki Ottoman, i Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, i te tau 1897, ka noho ia ki reira tae noa ki tana neke ki te United States i te tau 1921, i te wa i rere te nuinga o te taupori korero Kariki
te āhua o te kāwanatanga o Turuki e tipu haere ana. Ko te mea pea i mohio ia ki te waiata hei waiata iwi i mua i tana neke ki te United States. Ka rite ki tata katoa waiata rebetika wawe (he kāhua i takea e te rerenga Kariki i Ahia Minor i Turkey), kua kore te kaiwhakatika tūturu o te waiata kua tāutu, a ka okioki tona mana ki te kaiārahi rōpū. I tapaina e Demetriades te waiata ko "Misirlou" i tana rekoata Columbia taketake o te tau 1927, he nama Kariki kua rite ki te whakahua a rohe o "Ehipia" i te reo Turiki ("Mısırlı"), hei rereke ki te kupu e rite ana mo "Ehipia" i te reo Kariki, ko ("Aigyptioi").