Johnnie Courteau: And Other Poems |
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affer aroun beeg behin Benbo bird Bord á Plouffe canoe Captinne chil'ren comin contree corduroy road coureurs de bois Curé Cyprien Dat's dere Dere's Dieu doin dunno ev'ry wan fader familee feller firse flyin frere Camille frien G. P. Putnam's Sons geev gettin girl goin groun head down low hear heem hees honder Hooraw Injun Johnnie Courteau jomp ketch ketchin leetle Leetle Bateese leevin lissen lookin makin Marie Louise mebbe mese'f moche monee never nice night noder offen passin peop Photogravure Pierre Delorme plaintee pleasan poor purty reever Rivieres Rose Delima roun sapree scare schooner shaintee shore singin somet'ing stayin steady-kip your head summer sure t'ing t'ink T'ree Reever t'roo talkin to-night tole Vercheres w'at w'at you call w'en w'en dey w'ere w'ile w'ole waitin Wall watchin WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND winter worl Yass young youse'f
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Page 113 - Jus' feel de muscle along hees back, Won't geev' heem moche bodder for carry pack On de long portage, any size canoe, Dere's not many t'ing dat boy won't do For he's got double-joint on hees body too, Leetle Bateese ! But leetle Bateese ! please don't forget We rader you're stayin...
Page 62 - s wakin' up from hees long long res'. 'Leetle Lac Grenier, I'm happy now, Out on de ole canoe, For I'm all alone, ma chere, wit' you, An' if only a nice light rod I had I'd try dat fish near de lily pad ! 'Leetle Lac Grenier...
Page 85 - And six days followed each other, and feeble her limbs became Yet the maid never sought her pillow, and the flash of the carabines' flame Illumined the powder-smoked faces, aye, even when hope seemed gone And she only smiled on her comrades, and told them to fight, fight on. And she blew a blast on the bugle, and lo! from the forest black, Merrily, merrily ringing, an answer came pealing back. Oh! pleasant and sweet it sounded, borne on the morning air, For it heralded fifty soldiers, with gallant...
Page 112 - 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 Chasin' de hen aroun' de hay — W'y don't you geev' dem a chance to lay? Leetle Bateese ! Off on de fiel' you foller de plough Den w'en you're tire you scare de cow Sickin...
Page 113 - But see heem now lyin' dere in bed, Look at de arm onderneat' hees head; If he grow lak dat till he's twenty year I bet he'll be stronger dan Louis Cyr An...
Page 1 - Johnnie Courteau! But Johnnie Courteau get marry On Philomene Beaurepaire: She's nice leetle girl was run de school On w'at you call Parish of Sainte Ursule, An' he see her off on de pique-nique dere — Johnnie Courteau! Den somet'ing come over Johnnie W'en he marry on Philomene, For he stay on de farm de w'ole year roun', He chop de wood an...
Page 84 - So spake the maiden Madeleine, and she roused the Norman blood That seemed for a moment sleeping, and sent it like a flood Through every heart around her, and they fought the red Iroquois As fought in the old time battles, the soldiers of Carignan. And they say the black clouds gathered, and a tempest swept the sky And the roar of the thunder mingled with the forest tiger's cry, But still the garrison fought on, while the lightning's jagged spear Tore a hole in the night's dark curtain, and showed...
Page 82 - ... Carignan, where down at Quebec they lay, But smiled on his little daughter, the maiden Madeleine, And a necklet of jewels promised her, when home he should come again. And ever the days passed swiftly, and careless the workmen grew For the months they seemed a hundred, since the last war-bugle blew. Ah! little they dreamt on their pillows, the farmers of Vercheres, That the wolves of the southern forest had scented the harvest fair. Like ravens they quickly gather, like tigers they watch their...
Page 113 - We rader you're stayin' de small boy yet; So chase de chicken an' mak' dem scare, An' do w'at you lak wit' your ole gran'pere, For w'en you're beeg feller he won't be dere — Leetle Bateese!