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Lullaby: a Bakhtiari poem

December 17, 2014June 5, 2012 by admin

The first part of this Bakhtiari poem is sung to a baby when it has woken up crying; the mother rocks the cradle whilst she sings. The second part is sung when the baby has gone to sleep – there is one version for boys, another for girls. The lullaby actually consists of more than …

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