DCHP-3

paddling song

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a chanson sung by the voyageurs, in rhythm with their paddling or rowing.

Quotations

1793
. . . our canoe went well and the crew sung paddling songs in a vociferous manner.
1844
. . . they arrived in Toronto singing French paddling songs all up the street. . . .
1955
The two half-breeds who accompanied him were in a state of exhilaration and intoxication, bellowing their paddling songs at the tops of their voices as they were accustomed to do on arrival at the trading-posts in the western territories.