Associations to the word «Roundelay»

Wiktionary

ROUNDELAY, noun. (music) A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
ROUNDELAY, noun. A dance in a circle.
ROUNDELAY, noun. Anything having a round form; a roundel.

Dictionary definition

ROUNDELAY, noun. A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King