Barcarolle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

barcarolle
    n 1: a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers [syn:
         {barcarole}, {barcarolle}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Barcarolle \Bar"ca*rolle\, n. [F. barcarolle, fr. It.
   barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge.] (Mus.)
      (a) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.
      (b) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.
          [1913 Webster]