Chanson pour boire

Chanson pour boire and chanson à boire are terms for French drinking songs, frequently coupled with chanson pour danser (or "song for dancing").

It is different from the air à boire primarily by the period the term was used, and that chansons pour boire are usually for one voice with lute accompaniment, and airs à boire are for multiple voices with lute accompaniment.

Both are fairly simple; strophic, with syllabic settings of light texts.

The texts are usually about drinking and are humorous.

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