[ACC25037]

In music they’re called vocables, sounds that don’t ‘mean’ anything specifically, but still manage to convey a feeling. Their equivalent in English lyric songs might be ‘be-bop-a-lu-ah’ or ‘whoa-oh’ and so on. I’ve heard some people say that these vocables originally started being sung in some Native songs by young Native students in boarding schools where they were barred from using their own languages. But some of the songs are far older than the start of boarding schools. And different tribes use different styles of vocables.

User Detail :  

Name : ACC25037, Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : Phoenix, State : AZ, Country : United States, Occupation : Teacher,