The milking song is one of the very few work songs involving cattle farming sung by nomads. The lyrics express the hope that milk will flow like fountains from the animal (goat, sheep, or cow) that they are milking.

In regions where agriculture is difficult, nomads raise livestock in the plains. The milk from the livestock is put into a traditional device operated by two people, which stirs the milk at high speed. While churning, they count from 1 to 200 through song. Through this process, butter is made.

I met a group of nomads leading simple lives in Ushar village of mountainous Boysun. This is a recording of the music shepherds play on reed pipes while herding their sheep.