Canadian boat-song

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one of the French-Canadian folksongs sung by the voyageurs; work song.

Quotations

1816

We returned to Kamouraska in the evening, cheered on our way with the rude harmony of the Canadian boat-song.

1850

This is the scene of one of the most beautiful of the Canadian boat-songs.

1947

It was my father's companion, heartily singing a Canadian boat song.