The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems by William Henry Drummond
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An' we fin' beeg bear she's go dead on shore.
Very fonny t'ing how he's loss hees life, But Phileas he'll know hese'f purty quick, He cut M'sieu Bear wit' hees hunter knife, An' sponge she's fall out on de bear stummick. Day affer we get two fox houn' from Boss Dat's good for ketch deer on de fall an' spring, Den place Englishman w'ere he can't get los' An' tole heem shoot quicker he see somet'ing. Wat's dat leetle deer got no horn at all? She'll be moder small wan en suite bimeby, Don't remember mese'f w'at name she's call, But dat's de kin' start w'en de dog is cry. We see heem come down on de runaway De dog she is not very far behin' An' w'en dey pass place M'sieu Smit' is stay We expec' he will shoot or make noise some kin'! But he's not shoot at all, mon cher ami, So we go an' we ax "Is he see some deer?" He say "Dat's long tam I am stay on tree But I don't see not'ing she's pass on here." We spik heem once more, "He don't see fox houn'?" W'at you t'ink he is say, dat Englishman? "Yes, I see dem pass quickly upon de groun', |
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