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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538392" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>De Habitant</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">De place I get born, me, is up on de reever<br>Near foot of de rapide dat's call Cheval Blanc<br>Beeg mountain behin' it, so high you can't climb it<br>An' whole place she's mebbe two honder arpent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De fader of me, he was habitant farmer,<br>Ma gran' fader too, an' hees fader also,<br>Dey don't mak' no monee, but dat isn't fonny<br>For it's not easy get ev'ryt'ing, you mus' know--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All de sam' dere is somet'ing dey got ev'ryboddy,<br>Dat's plaintee good healt', wat de monee can't geev,<br>So I'm workin' away dere, an' happy for stay dere<br>On farm by de reever, so long I was leev.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O! dat was de place w'en de spring tam she's comin',<br>W'en snow go away, an' de sky is all blue--<br>W'en ice lef' de water, an' sun is get hotter<br>An' back on de medder is sing de gou-glou--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">W'en small sheep is firs' comin' out on de pasture,<br>Deir nice leetle tail stickin' up on deir back,<br>Dey ronne wit' deir moder, an' play wit' each oder<br>An' jomp all de tam jus' de sam' dey was crack--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' ole cow also, she's glad winter is over,<br>So she kick herse'f up, an' start off on de race<br>Wit' de two-year-ole heifer, dat's purty soon lef' her,<br>W'y ev'ryt'ing's crazee all over de place!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' down on de reever de wil' duck is quackin'<br>Along by de shore leetle san'piper ronne--<br>De bullfrog he's gr-rompin' an' doré is jompin'<br>Dey all got deir own way for mak' it de fonne.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But spring's in beeg hurry, an' don't stay long wit' us<br>An' firs' t'ing we know, she go off till nex' year,<br>Den bee commence hummin', for summer is comin'<br>An' purty soon corn's gettin' ripe on de ear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dat's very nice tam for wake up on de morning<br>An' lissen de rossignol sing ev'ry place,<br>Feel sout' win' a-blowin' see clover a-growin'<br>An' all de worl' laughin' itself on de face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mos' ev'ry day raf' it is pass on de rapide<br>De voyageurs singin' some ole chanson<br>'Bout girl down de reever--too bad dey mus' leave her,<br>But comin' back soon' wit' beaucoup d'argent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' den w'en de fall an' de winter come roun' us<br>An' bird of de summer is all fly away,<br>W'en mebbe she's snowin' an' nort' win' is blowin'<br>An' night is mos' t'ree tam so long as de day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You t'ink it was bodder de habitant farmer?<br>Not at all--he is happy an' feel satisfy,<br>An' cole may las' good w'ile, so long as de wood-pile<br>Is ready for burn on de stove by an' bye.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">W'en I got plaintee hay put away on de stable<br>So de sheep an' de cow, dey got no chance to freeze,<br>An' de hen all togedder--I don't min' de wedder--<br>De nort' win' may blow jus' so moche as she please.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' some cole winter night how I wish you can see us,<br>W'en I smoke on de pipe, an' de ole woman sew<br>By de stove of T'ree Reever--ma wife's fader geev her<br>On day we get marry, dat's long tam ago--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De boy an' de girl, dey was readin' it's lesson,<br>De cat on de corner she's bite heem de pup,<br>Ole 'Carleau' he's snorin' an' beeg stove is roarin'<br>So loud dat I'm scare purty soon she bus' up.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Philomene--dat's de oldes'--is sit on de winder<br>An' kip jus' so quiet lak wan leetle mouse,<br>She say de more finer moon never was shiner--<br>Very fonny, for moon isn't dat side de house.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But purty soon den, we hear foot on de outside,<br>An' some wan is place it hees han' on de latch,<br>Dat's Isidore Goulay, las' fall on de Brulé<br>He's tak' it firs' prize on de grand ploughin' match.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ha! ha! Philomene!--dat was smart trick you play us<br>Come help de young feller tak' snow from hees neck,<br>Dere's not'ing for hinder you come off de winder<br>W'en moon you was look for is come, I expec'--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Isidore, he is tole us de news on de parish<br>'Bout hees Lajeunesse Colt--travel two forty, sure,<br>'Bout Jeremie Choquette, come back from Woonsocket<br>An' t'ree new leetle twin on Madame Vaillancour'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But nine o'clock strike, an' de chil'ren is sleepy,<br>Mese'f an' ole woman can't stay up no more<br>So alone by de fire--'cos dey say dey ain't tire--<br>We lef' Philomene an' de young Isidore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I s'pose dey be talkin' beeg lot on de kitchen<br>'Bout all de nice moon dey was see on de sky,<br>For Philomene's takin' long tam get awaken<br>Nex' day, she's so sleepy on bote of de eye.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dat's wan of dem ting's, ev'ry tam on de fashion,<br>An' 'bout nices' t'ing dat was never be seen.<br>Got not'ing for say me--I spark it sam' way me<br>W'en I go see de moder ma girl Philomene.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We leev very quiet 'way back on de contree<br>Don't put on sam style lak de big village,<br>W'en we don't get de monee you t'ink dat is fonny<br>An' mak' plaintee sport on de Bottes Sauvages.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I tole you--dat's true--I don't go on de city<br>If you geev de fine house an' beaucoup d'argent--<br>I rader be stay me, an' spen' de las' day me<br>On farm by de rapide dat's call Cheval Blanc.</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>
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Near foot of de rapide dat's call Cheval Blanc
Beeg mountain behin' it, so high you can't climb it
An' whole place she's mebbe two honder arpent.

De fader of me, he was habitant farmer,
Ma gran' fader t..."></div>
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