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voyageur song
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one of the French-Canadian folksongs sung by the voyageurs; work song.
See: Canadian boat-song
Quotations
1807
They strike off, singing a song peculiar to themselves, called the Voyageur Song: one man takes the lead, and all the others join in a chorus.
1860
... the fleet of canoes darted out from an island to meet him ... to the inspiring cadences of a voyageur song.
1962
The forty-two delightful jongleur and voyageur songs contained in this volume are the works of a man who has devoted his life to preserving the folklore of Canada's early French settlers.