New doth the sun appear, The mountains' snows decay, Crown'd with frail flowers forth comes the baby year. My soul, time posts away; And thou yet in that frost Which flower and fruit hath lost,...
O memory, take my hand to-day And lead me thro' the darkened bridge Washed by the wild Atlantic spray And spanning many a wind-swept ridge Of sorrow, grief, of love and joy,...
You 'member de ole log-camp, Johnnie, up on de Cheval Gris, W'ere we work so hard all winter, long ago you an' me? Dere was fourteen man on de gang, den, all from our own paroisse,...
You can pass on de worl' w'erever you lak, Tak' de steamboat for go Angleterre, Tak' car on de State, an' den you come back, An' go all de place, I don't care, Ma frien' dat 's a fack, I know you will say,...
DONAL' CAMPBELL Donal' Bane sailed away across the ocean With the tartans of Clan Gordon, to the Indies' distant shore, But on Dargai's lonely hill-side, Donal' Campbell met the foeman, And the glen of Athol...
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...
Johnnie Courteau of de mountain Johnnie Courteau of de hill Dat was de boy can shoot de gun Dat was de boy can jomp an' run An'it's not very often you ketch heem still Johnnie Courteau ! ...
I'm poor man, me, but I buy las' May Wan horse on de Comp'nie Passengaire, An' auction feller w'at sole heem say She's out of de full-breed "Messengaire."
Mon frere Camille he was first class blood W'en he come off de State las' fall, Wearin' hees boot a la mode box toe An' diamon' pin on hees shirt also Sam' as dem feller on Chi-caw-go;...
I'm sittin' to-night on maleetle ca-bane, more happier dan de king, An' ev'ry corner 's singin' out wit' musique de ole stove sing I hear de cry of de winter win', for de storm- gate 's open wide...
O Ma ole canoe! w'at's matter wit' you, an' w'y was you be so slow? Don 't I work hard enough on de paddle, an' still you don 't seem to go, No win' at all on de fronte side, an' current she don 't be strong,...
I s'pose mos'ev'ry body t'ink hees job's about de hardes' From de boss man on de Guvernement to poor man on de town From de cur' to de lawyer, an' de farmer to de school boy...
Mos' ev'ryman lak de robin An' it's pleasan' for hear heem sing, Affer de winter 's over An' it 's comin' anoder spring. De snow 's hardly off de mountain An' it's cole too among de pine...
De corduroy road go bompety bomp, De corduroy road go jompety jomp, An' he' s takin'beeg chances upset hees load De horse dat 'll trot on de corduroy road. ...
Dere's no voyageur on de reever never run hees canoe d'ecorce T'roo de roar an' de rush of de rapide, w'ere it jump lak a beeg w'ite horse, Dere's no hunter man on de prairie, never wear w'at you call racquette...
De win' is sleepin' in de pine, but O! de night is black! An' all day long de loon bird cry on Lac Wayagamack, No light is shinin' by de shore for helpin' steer heem t'roo...