Also Hej Sokoły, the Polish and Ukrainian folk song. “Hey, hey, hey falcons! Fly past the mountains, forests and valleys!” – initially symbolizing the protagonist’s own situation, and his untetheredness traveling to unknown foreign lands. In the last verse, it’s the only thread back to his homeland as he lies dying.
European folk songs do this too. Two somewhat well-known examples, from the top of my head:
Son ar chistr, the Breton folk song that’s been covered by a bunch of people (like Scooter). “Drink cider, Laou, for cider is good! A penny, a penny a glass!” is initially a celebratory drinking song, but when it comes back the meaning is now that cider is good, but for cheaply drowning your sorrows.
Also Hej Sokoły, the Polish and Ukrainian folk song. “Hey, hey, hey falcons! Fly past the mountains, forests and valleys!” – initially symbolizing the protagonist’s own situation, and his untetheredness traveling to unknown foreign lands. In the last verse, it’s the only thread back to his homeland as he lies dying.