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“SI PILEMON, SI PILEMON, DANDANSOY, USAHAY and MATUD NILA”

Filipino songs make the very nature of the tribe, show distinct local characteristics and reflect outstanding regional traits.
The songs “Si Pilemon, Si Pilemon” shown the main livelihood of the Ilonggos. According to the folk song Si Pilemon went fishing in the sea and he caught a tambasakan-a kind of fish in marshy area. He sold it in the depilated market, and he earned a little cash, and then bought for himself a “tuba”. It is only shown that the socio-economic of the Ilonggo was poor because instead to saved that little cash, he only bought in that nonsense tuba.

                The “Dandansoy” is another popular Filipino Ilonggo Folk Songs. It is all about a girl who leaves a boy to back to her hometown.

                “Usahay” is a Visayan Folk Song that the song relates to real life situations. This is the song goes: Sometimes I dream, that you and I, Are in love with each other, why do I dream of you, Dream of you always, in my loneliness? Sometimes  I regret, Why I was born, In this world, Why do you make fun of, My love for you, My love for you L

            
  “Matud Nila” folk song tells only about the love of a guy who said that he was not worthy to dream of the love of the girl whom he loved. They say, that the girl will never be happy because no wealth have the guy could offer.