a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
<noun.communication>
informal group singing of popular songs
<noun.act> [ verb ]
speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong
<verb.communication>
move as if accompanied by a singsong
<verb.motion> The porters singsonged the travellers' luggage up the mountain [ adj ]
uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
<adj.all> their chantlike intoned prayers a singsong manner of speaking
Singsong \Sing"song`\, v. i. To write poor poetry. [R.] --Tennyson.
Singsong \Sing"song`\, n. 1. Bad singing or poetry.
2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.
Singsong \Sing"song`\, a. Drawling; monotonous; having a monotonous cadence. [1913 Webster +PJC]
This is represented by Cyril Cusack and assorted worthies sporting cloth caps, potato-dust faces and singsong accents. The opening half hour, it must be admitted, has a winning dottiness.
It's not that Mr. Morris should have written a different book; this one would have been just fine if he hadn't made so many weird omissions or substituted singsong cheerfulness for argument.