Bladder Fiddle, Bumbass Samogitian Song, Pūslinė Žemaitiška Daina Padarė žvirblelis

The bladder fiddle (also known as bumbass or poispil) is a folk instrument used throughout Europe. The instrument was a simple large monochord made with a long stick, a thick gut string, and a pig s bladder. It is bowed with either a notched stick or a horsehair bow. It is known under different names; in Germany it was called the bumbass, in France the basse de Flandre, in Lithuania pūslinė and in Scandinavia psalmodicon, in England where it was used by traveling musicians it was simply called a drone