jorramiorramn.
/ˈjəːrəm/, /ˈɪərəm/, U.S. /ˈjərəm/, /ˈɪrəm/, Scottish English /ˈjɪrəm/, /ˈɪrəm/ Scottish.
A Gaelic boat-song: improperly extended to other songs or choruses.
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1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 291 Our boat's crew..gave a specimen of marine musick, called in the Erse, Jorrams.
1805 in Jamieson Scot. Songs (1870) 366 The cronach stills the dowie heart The jurram stills the bairnie.
1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. xiii. 170 What would they think to hear..the girls sing a jorram at a waulking?
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 193 The jorram, or melancholy boat-song of the rowers, coming on the ear with softened and sweeter sound.
1891 Scottish Rev. Oct. 331 The iorram was intended to be sung by the rowers.
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