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fal la

[fahl lah]
–noun
fa-la.

fa-la

[fah-lah]
–noun
1. a text or refrain in old songs.
2. a type of part song or madrigal popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Also, fal la.


Origin:
1585–95; special use of fa la, meaningless sound sequence found in old popular refrains
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fal la

noun
meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong [syn: fa la
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