01-06-2016, 08:44 AM
This seems like a very romantic way of saying 'they sang folk songs which contained a fair amount of melodic nonsense words, onomatopoeia and archaic vocabulary'. Like many European folk songs tend to do. My daughter learns ancient ditties in language no longer understood in daycare.
Of course the origin of folk songs can be interesting, especially if those songs relate to traditions and festivals. But the presence of unintellegible language need not imply anything out of the ordinary.
Of course the origin of folk songs can be interesting, especially if those songs relate to traditions and festivals. But the presence of unintellegible language need not imply anything out of the ordinary.