Little Mouse
Get along leetle mouse, kick de snow up
behin' you For it's fine winter road we 're travel to-
Wit' de moon an' de star shinin' up on de sky
dere W'y it 's almos' de sam' as de broad day
light.
De bell roun' your body it 's quick tune dey 're
playin' But your foot 's kippin' tam jus' as steady
can be,
Ah! you dance youse'f crazy if only I let you,
Ma own leetle pony - petite souris.
You 'member w'en firse we be tryin' for broke
you An' Joe Sauvageau bet hees two dollar
He can drive you alone by de bridge on de
reever An' down near de place w'ere dey got de
beeg mill.
An' it 's new cariole too, is come from St.
Felix Jo-seph 's only buyin' it week before,
An' w'en he is passin' de road wit' hees trotter Ev'ry body was stan' on de outside door.
An' dere he sit, sam' he don't care about
not'ing Hees foot on de dashboar', hees han' on de
Ev'ry dog on de place is come out for barkin' An' all de young boy he was runnin' behin' .
Wall! sir,
Joe's put on style leetle soon for
hees pleasure For w'en de mill w'issle, you jomp lak de
An' nex' t'ing poor Joe is commencin' get
busy,
Non!
I never see fine run-away lak dat.'Way go de pony den - 'way go de cariole,
Poor Joe say "
good-bye" on de foot of de
An' all he can see of de sleigh de nex' morning Is jus' about pay for hees two dollar bill.
Ah! your right nam' jus' den should be leetle
devil An' not leetle mouse, de sam' you have now.
Wall! dat 's long ago, an' you 're gettin' more
quiet Since tam you was never done kickin' de
row.
But I 'm not very sorry de firse day I see you Settle down on de trot lak your fader he getW'en he beat Sorel Boy on de ice at T'ree
Reever Bes' two on t'ree heat, an' win all de bet.
Your moder she's come off de Lachapelle stock
too Ole Canayen blood from Berthier en
De bes' kin' of horse never look on de halter So it isn't moche wonder you know how to
go.
Dat's church bell we're hearin' off dere on de
hillside Get along leetle mouse, for we mustn't be
late,
Fin' your way t'roo de res' of dem crowdin' de
roadside You 'll never get better chance showin' your
gait.
Wall! church is all over, an' Josephine's comin' For drive wit' us home on her gran'moder 's
So tak' your own tam an' don't be on de hurry Your slowes' gait 's quick enough now, leetle
mouse.
