"Time goes on, I gotta do it now before the feelings gone!"It is so weird that this reminds me somehow of Greek Folk music. Can't really give you any examples, I have not listened to these songs in a long time, but I remember learning traditional dances, on songs that had very similar rhythm and melodic lines.
So instead check this guy out. He was BLIND. No really, he was blind. And really good guitarist. What I mean by "was" is that he is no longer alive.