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The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer. I would sing my song without a burden. Shak.

The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.

A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser.

An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] Bacon.

A song or verses. [Obs.] Spenser.

ermo ( Etym: [It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.

A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak.

A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. Grabb.

A song or air for one or more voices, of Provençal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.

A short song, in one or more parts.

Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song. [Colloq.]

A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade.

A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. Dryden It was the carol of a bird. Byron.

A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.

Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.

A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

A song. Shak.

A little song. These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black.