William Henry Drummond

OU bad leetle boy, not moche you
How busy you're kipin' your poor
Tryin to stop you ev'ry
Chasin' de hen aroun' de hay—W'y don't you geev' dem a chance to lay

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Johnnie Courteau of de
Johnnie Courteau of de
Dat was de boy can shoot de
Dat was de boy can jomp an'

Leetle Lac Grenier, she 's all alone,
Right on de mountain top,
But cloud sweepin' by, will fin' tam to
No matter how quickly he want to go,

I've told you many a tale, my child, of the   old heroic
Of Indian wars and massacre, of villages
With savage torch, from Ville Marie to the   Mission of Trois
But never have I told you yet, of Madeleine   Vercheres

W'en I was young boy on de farm, dat 's twenty year ago I have wan frien' he 's leev near me, call Jean Bateese Trudeau An offen w'en we are alone, we lak for spik about De tam w'en we was come beeg man, wit' moustache on our mout'
Bateese is...

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...

AL'
LL     —Donal' Bane—sailed away across the
With the tartans of Clan     Gordon, to the Indies'     distant shore,
But on Dargai's lonely hill-     side,

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 T'roo de water nice an' quiet For de place we're goin' try it Is beyo...

In dreams of the night I hear the call Of wild duck scudding across the lake,
In dreams I see the old convent wall, Where Ottawa's waters surge and break
But Hercule awakes me ere the sun Has painted the eastern skies with gold
Herc...

RD á Plouffe,
Bord á Plouffe,
W'at do I see  w'en I dream of you
A shore w'ere de water is racin' by,

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 An' me
—I'm young an' strong lak moose an' not afraid no t'ing
I close my eye jus' so, an' se...