Findġum Soccum: "Pumped up Kicks" performed in Old English

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JcKqhDFhNHI

I recently came across a musical genre called Bardcore, featuring medieval-style remakes of modern songs.

Findġum Soccum is performed in Old English, circa 11th Century. Spoken in England by the Anglo-Saxons, this preceded the heavy Norman French influence on the language after 1066.

The video includes modern English translations. It's interesting to see how many of the words and pronunciations have changed in the last millennium.

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Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along.

:marseycrusader2::marseyshakespeare::marseyjam:

Hroþa hæfþ cwice hand

Lóciende ymbe rúm, nile tellan þé his ræd

Hé hæfþ smocapípan fulne, hómde út múþe, biþ án wilde cniht

Hé fand Írisc-worht bogan

On hises fæder ciste diernan on arce þinga,

Ic ne gíet cnáwe hwæt hé is cumende for þé, hé is cumende for þé ġéa.

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Eall þá óþer cild mid findġum soccum

Sċulon betera rinnen fram minum earhum

Eall þá óþer cild mid findġum soccum

Sċulon betera rinnen, cwicra þon mín boga

Eall þá óþer cild mid findġum soccum

Sċulon betera rinnen fram minum earhum

Eall þá óþer cild mid findġum soccum

Sċulon betera rinnen, cwicra þonne mín boga

...

Ætta wyrcþ lange dæġe

Hé is cumende hám late, hé is cumende hám late

And hé is bringende mé wundor-ġife

For þenung is on cyċenan baþod on íse

Ic béo wæht for lange hwíle

Ġéa sliht mínes handa biþ nú án cwic-plyced streng

Handliġe mid mínre pípan

And secge þín hǽr is on fýre, þú móst hafian losod þín witt, ġéa

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