棹とう歌か

noun

boatmen's song; boat song

A classical or literary term for a song sung by boatmen while rowing or sailing. Rare in modern everyday Japanese.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには、棹とう歌かが舟ふな人びとの生せい活かつを伝つたえる資し料りょうとして登とう場じょうする。

  In classical literature, boatmen's songs appear as records of boatmen's lives.