32 — Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [March, 1906. 
Nie) wi tae & 
6. Some Lullabies and Topical Songs collected in 
Persia by Lizut. Coronet D. C. Puitiort. 
The following lullabies (with the exception of — 
No. VI) are common in the districts of Shiraz or — 
Kirman, and probably in other parts of Persia :— a 
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LULLABY. 
La-ia la-la be my Rose; 
Be my darling ; be my Bul-bul. 
Never die nor leave me. 
La-la la-la la-lay, 
Li-la la% he falls asleep. 
The sound of his dada’s shoe I hear. 
La-la 1a-la, my own wall-flower, 
Why wilt thou ne’er rest still ? 
La-la 1a-la 1a-lari. 
II. 
La-la% Vay-latt lay-lati layla 
Sleep dear life lay-@*i lay-la%i. 
Ala) 1% Babi* Mongar 
Go tell my mother. | 
