<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538387" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bateese The Lucky Man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's alway ketchin' doré, an'he 's alway<br>ketchin' trout<br>On de place w'ere no wan else can ketch at all<br>He 's alway ketchin' barbotte, dat 's w'at you<br>call bull-pout,<br>An' he never miss de wil' duck on de fall.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O! de pa'tridge do some skippin' w'en she see<br>heem on de swamp<br>For she know Bateese don't go for not'ing<br>dere,<br>An' de rabbit if he 's comin' , wall! you ought<br>to see heem jomp.<br>W'y he want to climb de tree he feel so <br>scare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Affer two hour by de reever I hear hees leetle<br>song<br>Den I meet heem all hees pocket full of snipe,<br>An' me, I go de sam' place, an' I tramp de<br>w'ole day long<br>An' I'm only shootin' two or t'ree, Ba Cripe!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I start about de sun-rise, an' I put out ma<br>decoy,<br>An' before it 's comin' breakfas' , he 's holler<br>on hees boy<br>For carry home two dozen duck or more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' I'm freezin' on de blin'-me- from four<br>o'clock to nine<br>An' ev'ry duck she 's passin' up so high.<br>Dere 's blue-bill an' butter-ball, an' red-head,<br>de fines' kin<br>An' I might as well go shootin' on de sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Don't see de noder feller lak Bateese was lucky<br>man,<br>He can ketch de smartes' feesh is never<br>sweem,<br>An' de bird he seldom miss dem, let dem try<br>de hard dey can<br>W'y de eagle on de mountain can't fly<br>away from heem.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But all de bird, an' fish too, is geev'up feelin'<br>scare,<br>An' de rabbit he can stay at home in bed,<br>For he feesh an' shoot no longer, ole Jean<br>Bateese Belair,<br>'Cos he 's dead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Henry+Drummond">William Henry Drummond</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538387" data-title="Bateese The Lucky Man de William Henry Drummond" data-description="He's alway ketchin' doré, 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. O! de pa'tridge do some skippin' w'e..."></div> </div> </div>

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