DCHP-1 Online
boat song 
a chanson sung by the voyageurs, in rhythm with their paddling or rowing.
See also: canoe song paddling song voyageur
- 1820 (1889-1890) He could occasionally join his men in the chorus of some of the voyageurs boat songs, with which they beguiled [sic] the tediousness of the voyage and the labours of the paddle.
- 1956 (1957) The HB men could only listen, for they had no boat song of their own.
- 1820 (1889-1890) He could occasionally join his men in the chorus of some of the voyageurs boat songs, with which they beguiled [sic] the tediousness of the voyage and the labours of the paddle.