This is quite amazing. (The singing starts at 0:26.) The English language has come a long way since the days of Old English (from around 450 to 1066 A.D.). I think it's easier to hear the Germanic roots of English in this earlier version of the language.



If anyone is interested in the Old English characters that are no longer part of the English alphabet, this is what Google says..

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Old English used several characters not in Modern English, primarily Þ (thorn), Ð (eth) for 'th' sounds, Ƿ (wynn) for 'w', Æ (ash) for short 'a', and ȝ (yogh) for sounds like 'y' or 'gh'. These were gradually replaced after the Norman Conquest, with thorn and eth becoming th, wynn evolving into w, and yogh often becoming gh or y, while the long s (ſ) also faded out.
Here are the key letters:

Þ (Thorn) & Ð (Eth): Both represented the 'th' sound (voiced or unvoiced, like in thin or this), eventually replaced by the digraph 'th'.
Ƿ (Wynn): A runic character for the 'w' sound, later written as 'uu' and then 'w'.
Æ (Ash): Represented the short 'a' sound, as in modern cat or bat, different from the 'a' in father.
ȝ (Yogh): A versatile character, sometimes sounding like a consonant 'y' or a guttural 'ch' (like loch) or 'g'.

Other Mentions:

Long s (ſ): Used like the modern 's' but in non-final positions, it persisted into Early Modern English.
Tironian Et (&): A symbol for 'and' (⁊) used by scribes, eventually replaced by the ampersand (&)

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