[roun-dl-ey] 
| 1. | a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated. |
| 2. | the music for such a song. |
| 3. | a dance in a circle; round dance. |
| roun·de·lay (roun'də-lā') n. A poem or song with a regularly recurring refrain. [Middle English, alteration (influenced by lai, poem, song) of Old French rondelet, diminutive of rondel, roundel; see roundel.] |
roundelay
a poem with a refrain that recurs frequently or at fixed intervals, as in a rondel. The term is also loosely used to refer to any of the fixed forms of poetry (such as the rondeau, the rondel, and the roundel) that use refrains extensively.
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