It has also been argued that the music was that of a popular lied, and it was confirmed that the melody was being sung as a folk song by Southern Dobrujan ethnic Turks during the 1930s.
It has also been argued that the music was that of a popular lied, and first published in one of Pann's "manele" collections. The ethnographic research carried out by Dimitrie Gusti confirmed that the melody was being sung as a folk song by Southern Dobrujan ethnic Turks during the 1930s.