sum-sum

Updated: May 2, 2025

Half an hour later the man who peeked through the keyhole reported that Barney was singing the youngster to sleep. The words of the song are not readily conveyed, but they sounded like "Allonsum sum-sum bill-din, Allonsum sum-sum bill-din, Allonsum sum-sum bill-din," repeated times without number. Barney called it an Indian lullaby.

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