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William Henry Drummond
1854 - 1907
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Johnnie's First Moose
De cloud is hide de moon, but dere's plain-tee light above, / Steady Johnnie, steady,kip your head down low, / Move de paddle leetle quicker, an' de ole canoe we'll shove
Le Vieux Temps
Venez ici, mon cher ami, an' sit down by me—so / An' I will tole you story of old tam long ago— / W'en ev'ryt'ing is happy—w'en all de bird is sing
Leetle Lac Grenier
Leetle Lac Grenier, she 's all alone, / Right on de mountain top, / But cloud sweepin' by, will fin' tam to stop
Little Bateese
YOU bad leetle boy, not moche you care / How busy you're kipin' your poor gran'-pere / Tryin to stop you ev'ry day
Little Mouse
Get along leetle mouse, kick de snow up behin' you / For it's fine winter road we 're travelto- night / Wit' de moon an' de star shinin' up on de sky dere
M'Sieu Smit
THE ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN THE CANADIAN WOODS. / Wan morning de walkim boss say "Damase, / I t'ink you're good man on canoe d'ecorce,
Madeleine Vercheres
I've told you many a tale, my child, of the old heroic days / Of Indian wars and massacre, of villages ablaze / With savage torch, from Ville Marie to the Mission of Trois Rivieres
Marie Louise
Dis was de story of boy an' girl / Dat 's love each oder above de worl' / But it 's not easy job for mak' l'amour
Maxime Labelle
Victoriaw: she have beeg war, E-gyp's de nam' de place, / An' neeger peep dat's leev 'im dere, got very black de face, / An' so she's write Joseph Mercier, he's stop on Trois Rivieres,
Memories
O spirit of the mountain that speaks to us to-night, / Your voice is sad, yet still recalls past visions of delight, / When 'mid the grand old Laurentides, old when the earth was new,
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