The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems by William Henry Drummond
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page 69 of 94 (73%)
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Was de more quiet dog I never see."
But fun she's commence on very nex' day W'en we go camp out on de Castor Noir. Dat Englishman he'll come along an' say "I hope some wil' Injun she don't be dere. "I have hear many tam, dat de wood be foule Of Injun w'at tak' off de hair your head. But so surely my name she's Johnnie Boule If I see me dem feller I shoot it dead." Phileas den pray harder, more quick he can Mebbe he's t'ink dat's hees las' portage De moder hees fader, she's Injun man Derefore an' also, he is wan Sauvage. I say "Don't mak' it some excitement; Saison she is 'close' on de spring an' fall, An' dem peep dat work on de Gouvernement Don't lak you shoot Injun dis mont' at all." Nex' day M'sieu Smit' is perform hees plonge We see heem go done it--Phileas an' me, An' w'en he's hang up bat' tubbe an' sponge We go on de wood for mak' Chasse perdrix. An' mebbe you will not believe to me, But w'en we come back on de camp encore De sponge of dat Englishman don't be see, |
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