परदेस गए सैयाँ

A solo by Putlibai, this is one of the nine documented songs from the 1944 Laheri Badmash, composed by Avinash Vyas to Sadiq Lakhnavi's lyrics. The title is a classic viraha (separation) motif — the beloved gone to a distant land — drawing on the folk-song tradition of the waiting woman. The catalogue credits Putlibai as the singer; the song's placement in the now-lost plot is undocumented.

A separation song pulls Avinash Vyas toward a slow, folk-coloured lament — harmonium and tabla holding a gentle ground while the sarangi carries the ache of the waiting voice. The melodic shape would lean on the plaintive folk cadences of viraha song, the arrangement spare enough to keep Putlibai's longing at the centre.