Palna means “cradle,” and lullabies are often called “palna” in Mahrasthra. This palna song is addressed to the child Shivaji. It describes the child's restlessness and the mother's attempts to make him to go sleep. Shivaji is a sixteenth-century Maratha King. He was famous for his chivalry and valor in his fight against the Mughal emperors. He remains a popular hero, especially in Maharashtra. His deeds and exploits are sung about in various heroic genres. He is addressed as Shivraya in this song.

Văn Thiên Tường is one variation on Oán pieces, which have three sections and forty-two phrases of eight bars each and are played with an Ai Oán nuance. This instrumental piece was composed by Trần Quang Thọ, a court musician of the Nguyễn dynasty of Huế who moved to Mỹ Tho province. It is to praise the national hero of Vietnam Thủ Khoa Huân in the resistance war against the French in the last decades of the twentieth century. After that, many new songs have been composed in accordance with the melody of Văn Thiên Tường. This item is performed by singer Tuyết Lan with two sections (1 and 3) with the combination of the bầu (monochord) and the kìm (lute).

Professional epic singers are called bakhshi. This is a recording of the Alpamysh epic, a legendary Uzbek hero, sung by one of the best bakhshis currently living.

This is a lullaby that refers to an ancestral hero called Taloko and his mother. It talks about a baby who is almost put to sleep while mother has gone out to fetch firewood.

This is a legend about Rovarovaicake, an ancestral hero who settled and named places, beaches, rivers, etc. upon arriving at what is known today as Vaturova.