C'est l'aviron
Traditional French-Canadian (voyageur)
intermediate
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Traditional voyageur paddling song. Public domain — 17th-century French origin, adapted by canoeists of New France. Marius Barbeau documented the song in the foundational 'Romancero du Canada' (1937). Reference recording: Le Vent du Nord, various traditional anthologies.
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