That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.
puhekieltä The distinctive sound that a male bird utters to attract a mate or to protect his territory; (n-g)
Something that cost only a little; chiefly in (m).
(w) (1779–1864)
The soldier's pay is a song.
(RQ:BLwnds TLdgr)
Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;(nb..).