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Thread #47967   Message #4128504
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
09-Dec-21 - 04:30 PM
Thread Name: Songs with 'nonsense' lyrics?
Subject: RE: Songs with 'nonsense' lyrics?
What's the German word for Olé!…?

Hojotoho! Hojotoho!
Heiaha! Heiaha! Hojotoho! Heiaha!


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Wagner's Valkyries famous battlecry is Hojotoho! Heiaha-ha! If you ever wondered if these words have a meaning in any ancient German language – unfortunately they don't. They are made up by Wagner but are powerful nevertheless.”

Well, for that matter, neither does “Yahoo!” “Yippee!” or “Yay” but they still get the message across:

Hojotoho! = variations on the interjection heu (Latin) = yo-ho-ho. See also March of the Winkies. ;)

Heia-ha (heja, hoia &c&c) = “I cheer.” See also Heia Viri.

Etymological gumbo: The Germans got it from the Irish and the other half of the Anglo's “hue & cry” is the root of the calypsonian griot (crier) or gritador.