chantey

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Presently Phil was able to recognize the familiar words of an old voyageur chantey, a paddling song of the French-Canadian rivermen En roulant, ma boulé, roulant En roulant, ma bo-u-lé.

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  1. noun A song sung by sailors to the rhythm of their movements while working.

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  • Spotlighted on the backbar was a chest of gold coins and the words of a sea chantey: Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_16_The_Cat_Who_Came_To_Breakfast
  • But still, the chantey vocal with the banjo in back nearly creates a soundtrack to some bizarre American western. —  DOA
  • In a program of Copland, Mahler, Villa Lobos and sea chantey arrangements of Celius Dougherty, Mr. Lima's program promises to be a highlight of the season. —  CapeCodToday Blog Chowder
  • Cemeteries Of London is a haunting sea chantey with a wall of sound splashing echo and reverb at the end of each measure; a great monsoon wave of noise. —  The Student Operated Press
  • As the waters rise, how about a sea chantey for the Bush Administration? —  The Nation: Top Stories
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  1. Probably from French chantez, imperative pl. of chanter, to sing, from Old French; see chant.

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  1. Cf. chant, n.
 

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