Occasionally the mournful tunes surged from the courtyard like gusts of wind.

a peculiar figure appears: a man playing a mournful tune on his clarinet.

"I'll start with a favorite selection of my former patron," Luc said as he launched into a mournful tune.

The music lingered in the air even after the last note died, and everyone held his breath, savoring the memory of the mournful tune.

Old Reko brushed back his beard and struck up a mournful tune.

He sipped then, as someone began to play a mournful tune on the pipes.

He points out another favorite spot, at the words "The mournful little tune moved his heart."

It is characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor.

Hill people sang a lot, and it was not uncommon to hear them crooning some low, mournful tune as they picked.

The goatherd was playing a mournful little tune on his reed pipes.