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Lullaby These are sung to send a child to sleep or to stop it crying, employ a very simple style of language, and have a tune that follows the syllabic arrangement of the lines. The singer is not identified in these verses, which consist of quatrains and a chorus. Examples of lullabies: Huu huu On the road to God is a spring The dervishes who drunk from it Let him grow in his sleep, lullaby They took a bride Lullaby, my baby, lullaby Hu hu hu, a bird, Its nest out in the wilds, May you grow, my child. A lullaby for my little child, Hu hu hu, the bird, Where there is a nightingale’s nest May you grow, my child. A lullaby for my little child, (kultur.gov.tr) |