Nonsense Words

Of all the many folk songs we've sung, I've found the Nonsense Words songs rather fun. It seems like English folk songs have more of these than others. Essentially, the songs employ nonsense words into the songs just because of the sounds the syllables make. Then, after a few verses the audience can pick it up and then you have a party. Hey, it helps you practice wrapping your mind and mouth around hard-to-pronounce words and sounds. I think these songs, focused so much on sounds rather than means, are a poet's...or linguist's dream.