Baleleng

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Baleling is a Filipino folk song of Sama Dilaut and/or Tausug origin. [1] [2] The composer of the song is not credited and unknown. [3] The tune was passed by mouth from province to province and the original lyrics of the song was altered. Versions of Filipino local artists have made the song popular both in Visayan and Tagalog languages. [4]

Leleng or Ling Ling was the original title of the song [5] which means Darling, Sweetheart, my lady or my dear in Sama Dilaut language. [6] In Philippine languages such as Visayan and Tagalog, the enclitic "ba" is used as a question marker. [7] Example: (Tagalog) Aalis ka na ba? (English) ɑre you leaving now? Since the song was passed from generations to generations, the lyrics was wrongly interpreted as Baleleng. [1]

The song is about a man bidding goodbye to a lady called Leleng as he is going to war. Like other Sama Dilaut songs, it is sung with the accompaniment of a string instrument like gitgit and biula, gabbang and the kulintangan. [8] [9]

The folk song was used as an ending theme in the Philippine television drama Sahaya broadcast by GMA Network starring Bianca Umali in the title role, a Badjao from Zamboanga [10] who despite her struggles in life stay true to her identity.

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