He's alway ketchin' dor', an'he 's alway ketchin' trout On de place w'ere no wan else can ketch at all He 's alway ketchin' barbotte, dat 's w'at you call bull-pout, An' he never miss de wil' duck on de fall....
Go 'way, go 'way, don't ring no more, ole bell of Saint Michel, For if you do, I can't stay here, you know dat very well, No matter how I close ma ear, I can't shut out de soun',...
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...
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 W'y it 's almos' de sam' as de broad day light....
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...
Like the Idalian queen, Her hair about her eyne, With neck and breast's ripe apples to be seen, At first glance of the morn In Cyprus' gardens gathering those fair flow'rs Which of her blood were born,...
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 W'en de girl she 's riche an' de boy he 's poor All de sam' he don't worry an' she don't cry,...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...