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William Henry Drummond. For the concluding number in this series of readings I present for you or diversion, too little French Canadian poems

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from the pan of William Henry Drummond. Drummond was an Englishman who came over to Canada and the second half of the 19th century

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lived among the French speaking people there. And as he himself says, came to admire and love the habitat on the peasant farmer who dwelt in the

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main apart from the centers of civilization. In these three poems. As in the other poems of the book from which they are taken.

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The habit on the French-Canadian speaker tells his story in what may be called Broken English. To his English speaking listeners.

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I hope that you like me will enjoy the simple, homely, humorous to use inverse. Love via Tom Van IEC Marcia autonomy

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and sit down by me. So I will tell you story of old time long ago when everything is happy, when all the bird is saying, and me,

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I'm young and strong, moose and not frayed, nothing. I close my eyes just so and see the place where I am born.

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I close my air and listen to music of the horn. That's hard. My dear old mother low.

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And only Jing Ji play is the, I don't beat Napoleon petri trois, we're sub a. And when he's here, that nice

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music, my little dog, Carlo is Plessy is tail upon his back and then he's let him go. He's jump on fence,

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he's swimming and Crick, he's run to 40 gate. He say that something good for IID Carlo must not be late.

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Owe them was pleasure day for sure. Damn day of long ago when I was play with all the boy or the girl also, many time when I'm alone and tinker,

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they gone by in full gear and spot the arrow. I cry on my eye. My father and my mother too got nice, nice family.

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That's 10 gossip and taught teen girl was Matthew 23. But funny thing, the government don't give the first prize day

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in like what they say they gave it now for and only one design. The English beep that only got one family small size must be feel

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glad that time there is no a 100 acre Prize for father of 12 children. They know that must be so they

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can with boss came back maybe Ontario. But that is not the story that I was gone. Told you about the fun we used to have when we leave our shiny new.

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Whenever lump-sum on that house. For many cavalry, a commander applies most every night, especially Sunday. But time I remember best is when

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I'm 21 year me. And so for Mac, some pleasure, man, we gave one large sorry. The whole paragraphs should

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be invite the QRA, he's come to with plenty deep from another place. That's more, I can tell you.

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Deny cheese, coal and free is also Xin man. She's filled with snow and on the gym really lacked fan tone when there's market low.

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But boy and girl come all the time and pass on grandma for warm itself on big box. Dove was Mike on trial Riviera.

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And when binom Latour comments for tune up his Fidel, it make us all feel very glad. Long fall, he play so well.

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Mosaic supposed to be first-class. I often hear foreshore, but most best man did all the rest is all that de-select you are.

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And when baddies play Irish jig, he's learned on marijuana that time he's hit Bosco, JD, Dane, little, joke

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like tack hold the big batteries, you know, and dance upon the floor. Don't matter. You say, Excuse me, I kinda know more.

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And then the curator A's MAC, the speech all killed a lot of care. Hey girl, Spock devoid too much on some Cornell.

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And so he's told that t is play up old-fashioned relay capture and everybody she must dance. They can't get off on that.

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Away. She go hurrah, hurrah leaf or Betty's wrong. Can you be so please watch your girl. That's best thing you can do.

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As on direct contact, your placemat Zelda dramas on your supposed for dance on Paul leveraged not tell us for Ganga.

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Mono, allow for ID speak like that cause he is boss the floor. And so we do our possible and then comments on core,

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damn proud of boy and girl. I'm sure keep up until next day if old, but these don't stop himself. He comes so fat again.

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And after that we eat something, a little drink also. And the killer, a total story of many year though, when Iroquois survive,

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She's good decanting n and steal their hair and say that's only for one year. We don't be here, ITO be there. But that was like the girl feel scare.

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So all the cavalry a, it was axes girl go home right off and pleasure on the sleigh. And when they start the QRA sidewalks, wow,

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a bon voyage, manage, I will take care for you. Pray God poorly survive. And then I go myself also impact my belly.

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Almere, she's nicer year alone, whole konnte and juice got 18 year. Black hair, black eye and cheek. Rosie, that's like one families on the fall.

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But don't speak much, none of that kind. I can't say she loved me at all. My girl, She's voter big farmer. Leave another side.

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Sound floor. Got 56, 100 acre, maybe a little more. Night, sugar bush meat bell, Amazon, the best I never see.

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So when I go for spark our mirror, I don't be foolish me. Elmer, she's past three year on school, saint and a lab rat.

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And when she's tack the first-class price, that's the old man. I'm glad. He's a by gosh, my girl can wash,

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can keep the kitchen clean, then change her dress. Mike poll, a test before God, Save the Queen. There's many way for Spock to

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Yale and you know that of course, some way they might be better way and some they might be worse. But I'll accept some cold night with

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my girl below with a lot of hay, keep our foot warm and plenty buffalo. That's good, good chances get a quaint. And if Barlow upset and

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throw you out upon the snow, that's better chances yet. But if you help to get all go home, if horsey you run away.

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The girl, She's not much use at all. Don't give you nice, buzzy. That's very well for fun, my friend. But when you spark foci,

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she's not same team and make you feel so scared like little sheep. Sometime you get the fever. Sometime you're like snowball.

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And all the time you act like foo, can't speak nothing at all. That's the way I feel myself with a Almere on below,

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just like small dog, try catch his tail round, round my head, she go. But by and by I come more

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brave and tackle mayor, She's Han. Late March, my view mirror she say, You must be crazy, man. Yes. Yes. I say maybe you think I'm

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going to be glue got through, that's 40000. Another girl, I left them all for you. I suppose you know political day, your friend on science, the Zara.

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Zara marry me next week. Gtac me. I don't care. By gosh. She don't like that. It make her feel so mad.

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She commenced Grice a polio. You treat me very bad. I don't like see you throw yourself upon poorly, GO DA.

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So if you say, sure, we map the merrier orders fine time after that, Castro right-thinking. Know, we're not too busy for get home.

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He goes, Oh, nice and slow. He's only upset tree for time. And just about daylight, we pass upon the old vans place

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and everything's all right. We leave happy on the farm for nearly 50 year to one day on the summertime she die my LL.M. Year.

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I feel so lonesome, left behind, I think to us best maybe that when Lubanga attacked ME FEM, he should not forget me.

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But that is he's business. My friend. I know that's all right there. I'll wait till he called Ollie all then I will be prepare.

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And when he find me ready for Mac, the long voyage, he guide me through the woods herself. Upon my last for two.

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D nice little candidate again. You can pass on the world wherever you lack tact the steamboat for go angled AR tech car on

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the state and then you come back and go all the place. I don't care. My friend, that's a fact. I know you will say when

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you come on these country again, there's no girl can touch what we see every day. The nice little Canadian.

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Don't matter how poor that girl she may be. Her dress is so neat and so clean. Most everyone think it was Mac on pottery and she wear it well,

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just like the green. But come to find out she is Margaret herself fortunate ink that much money for span,

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but all the same time she was never get left. That nice little can aid in venues for a Kennedy N is maketh merry AU kinky go live on big

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flat and bought her his self all the time night and day with housemaid and cook and all that. Not much my dear friend, he tagged Amazon,

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costs only $9 or 10 where he leave black blood rooster and say the large on with these nice little kinda ADM.

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My family and I'm just 20 year and now we got fined family that Skip brown the place like little small, there are no smarter crowd you never see.

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And there's, I think I was, I watch them all chasing about for boy and girl, she make 10. That's helped.

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Maybe keep it to stock from run out of the nice little candidate again. All he's quick and she's smart and got plenty hard if you know correct.

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Way go about. And if you don't know, she said I told you so the intact diverse chance and get out. But AFC love you,

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I speak it for true. She will make it more beautiful than, and sun on the sky can shine like the eye of that nice little Canadian.

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The Battle of San Michele. Go away, go away. Don't bring no more old bell of San Michele for a few do I can't stay here.

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You know that very well. No matter how I close my air, I can't shut out the sound. It rise so high above

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all the noise of this big Yankee town. And when it ringing, I think I feel the goo, goo summer breeze that's blow across like these

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along and play among the trees they're making, Hey, I know myself can smell the pleasant smell or how I wish I could be there

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today on San Michele. It's funny thing for me. I'm sure That's travel everywhere long I think of long ago when I be living there.

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I can't explain that at all at all. Maybe it's not URL, but I can't help it. When I hear the bell of

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San Michele, they're explained eating, I don't forget, But I remember Bess this spot I find one day on June

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the small sandpipers niche. And that hole on the river where I watched the big big trout was very nearly poor me in before I pulled him out.

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And legal LOD luck layer, I wonder if she's still leave just same place she used to live on another side the hill. But suppose she married, Jove our bone.

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It's all way hanging around since I am levels and Michelle forward on Yankee town. There she go, ding dong. Ding dong. It's back on record again.

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An old SHA-1 song, come on my head of our Eclair funding. I'm not surprise, it sounds so sweet, more sweeter I can tell for which the song

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also I hear the bell and lips and Michelle, it's very strange about that bail to go ding dong all the while for when I'm small Garcia, I school can't hear it half a mile,

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but seems more fodder. I get off from church of San Michel de more. I see the little village and louder sound of the bell.

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All the money that I make when I travel around Canada kept me along the way from home on this big Yankee town.

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I think I'll settle down again on parish and Michelle and leave and die more satisfy so long and I hear that bell.