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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538407" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Le Vieux Temps</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">1 Venez ici, mon cher ami, an' sit down by me--so<br>2 An' I will tole you story of old tam long ago--<br>3 W'en ev'ryt'ing is happy--w'en all de bird is sing<br>4 An' me!--I'm young an' strong lak moose an' not afraid no t'ing. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">5 I close my eye jus' so, an' see de place w'ere I am born--<br>6 I close my ear an' lissen to musique of de horn, <br>7 Dat 's horn ma dear ole moder blow--an only t'ing she play<br>8 Is 'viens donc vite Napoléon--'peche toi pour votre souper.'-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">9 An' w'en he 's hear dat nice musique--ma leetle dog 'Carleau'<br>10 Is place hees tail upon hees back--an' den he 's let heem go--<br>11 He 's jomp on fence--he 's swimmin' crik--he 's ronne two forty gait, <br>12 He say 'dat 's somet'ing good for eat--Carleau mus' not be late.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">13 O dem was pleasure day for sure, dem day of long ago<br>14 W'en I was play wit' all de boy, an' all de girl also; <br>15 An' many tam w'en I 'm alone an' t'ink of day gone by<br>16 An' pull latire an' spark de girl, I cry upon my eye. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">17 Ma fader an' ma moder too, got nice, nice familee, <br>18 Dat 's ten garçon an' t'orteen girl, was mak' it twenty t'ree<br>19 But fonny t'ing de Gouvernement don't geev de firs' prize den<br>20 Lak w'at dey say dey geev it now, for only wan douzaine. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">21 De English peep dat only got wan familee small size<br>22 Mus' be feel glad dat tam dere is no honder acre prize<br>23 For fader of twelve chil'ren--dey know dat mus' be so, <br>24 De Canayens would boss Kebeck--mebbe Ontario. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">25 But dat is not de story dat I was gone tole you<br>26 About de fun we use to have w'en we leev a chez nous<br>27 We 're never lonesome on dat house, for many cavalier<br>28 Come at our place mos' every night--especially Sun-day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">29 But tam I 'member bes' is w'en I 'm twenty wan year--me--<br>30 An' so for mak' some pleasement--we geev wan large soirée<br>31 De whole paroisse she be invite--de Curé he 's come too--<br>32 Wit plaintee peep from 'noder place--dat 's more I can tole you. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">33 De night she 's cole an' freeze also, chemin she 's fill wit snow<br>34 An' on de chimley lak phantome, de win' is mak' it blow--<br>35 But boy an' girl come all de sam an' pass on grande parloir<br>36 For warm itself on beeg box stove, was mak' on Trois Rivières-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">37 An' w'en Bonhomme Latour commence for tune up hees fidelle<br>38 It mak' us all feel very glad--l'enfant! he play so well, <br>39 Musique suppose to be firs' class, I offen hear, for sure<br>40 But mos' bes' man, beat all de res', is ole Bateese Latour-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">41 An' w'en Bateese play Irish jeeg, he 's learn on Mattawa<br>42 Dat tam he 's head boss cook Shaintee--den leetle Joe Leblanc<br>43 Tak' hole de beeg Marie Juneau an' dance upon de floor<br>44 Till Marie say 'Excuse to me, I cannot dance no more.'-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">45 An' den de Curé 's mak' de speech--ole Curé Ladouceur! <br>46 He say de girl was spark de boy too much on some cornerre--<br>47 An' so he 's tole Bateese play up ole fashion reel a quatre<br>48 An' every body she mus' dance, dey can't get off on dat. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">49 Away she go--hooraw! hooraw! plus fort Bateese, mon vieux<br>50 Camille Bisson, please watch your girl--dat 's bes' t'ing you can do. <br>51 Pass on de right an' tak' your place Mamzelle Des Trois Maisons<br>52 You 're s'pose for dance on Paul Laberge, not Telesphore Gagnon. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">53 Mon oncle Al-fred, he spik lak' dat--'cos he is boss de floor, <br>54 An' so we do our possibill an' den commence encore. <br>55 Dem crowd of boy an' girl I'm sure keep up until nex' day<br>56 If ole Bateese don't stop heseff, he come so fatigué. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">57 An' affer dat, we eat some t'ing, tak' leetle drink also<br>58 An' de Curé, he 's tole story of many year ago--<br>59 W'en Iroquois sauvage she 's keel de Canayens an' steal deir hair, <br>60 An' say dat 's only for Bon Dieu, we don't be here--he don't be dere. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">61 But dat was mak' de girl feel scare--so all de cavalier<br>62 Was ax hees girl go home right off, an' place her on de sleigh, <br>63 An' w'en dey start, de Curé say, 'Bonsoir et bon voyage<br>64 Menagez-vous--tak' care for you--prenez-garde pour les sauvages.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">65 An' den I go meseff also, an' tak' ma belle Elmire--<br>66 She 's nicer girl on whole Comté, an' jus' got eighteen year--<br>67 Black hair--black eye, an' chick rosée dat 's lak wan fameuse on de fall<br>68 But don't spik much--not of dat kin', I can't say she love me at all. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">69 Ma girl--she's fader beeg farmeur--leev 'noder side St. Flore<br>70 Got five-six honder acre--mebbe a leetle more--<br>71 Nice sugar bush--une belle maison--de bes' I never see--<br>72 So w'en I go for spark Elmire, I don't be mak' de foolish me-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">73 Elmire!--she 's pass t'ree year on school--Ste. Anne de la Perade<br>74 An' w'en she 's tak' de firs' class prize, dat 's mak' de ole man glad; <br>75 He say 'Ba gosh--ma girl can wash--can keep de kitchen clean<br>76 Den change her dress--mak' politesse before God save de Queen.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">77 Dey 's many way for spark de girl, an' you know dat of course, <br>78 Some way dey might be better way, an' some dey might be worse<br>79 But I lak' sit some cole night wit' my girl on ole burleau<br>8080 Wit' lot of hay keep our foot warm--an' plaintee buffalo-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">81 Dat 's geev good chances get acquaint--an' if burleau upset<br>82 An' t'row you out upon de snow--dat 's better chances yet--<br>83 An' if you help de girl go home, if horse he ronne away<br>84 De girl she 's not much use at all--don't geev you nice baiser! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">85 Dat 's very well for fun ma frien', but w'en you spark for keep<br>86 She 's not sam t'ing an' mak' you feel so scare lak' leetle sheep<br>87 Some tam you get de fever--some tam you 're lak snowball<br>88 An' all de tam you ack lak' fou--can't spik no t'ing at all. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">89 Wall! dat 's de way I feel meseff, wit Elmire on burleau, <br>90 Jus' lak' small dog try ketch hees tail--roun' roun' ma head she go<br>91 But bimeby I come more brave--an' tak' Elmire she's han'<br>92 'Laisee-moi tranquille' Elmire she say 'You mus' be crazy man.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">93 'Yass--yass I say ' mebbe you t'ink I 'm wan beeg loup garou, <br>94 Dat 's forty t'ousand 'noder girl, I lef' dem all for you, <br>95 I s'pose you know Polique Gauthier your frien' on St. Cesaire<br>96 I ax her marry me nex' wick--she tak' me--I don't care.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">97 Ba gosh; Elmire she don't lak dat--it mak' her feel so mad--<br>98 She commence cry, say ''Poleon you treat me very bad--<br>99 I don't lak see you t'row you'seff upon Polique Gauthier, <br>100 So if you say you love me sure--we mak' de marieé'-- </div><div style="margin:10px 0">101 Oh it was fine tam affer dat--Castor I t'ink he know, <br>102 We 're not too busy for get home--he go so nice an' slow, <br>103 He 's only upset t'ree--four tam--an' jus' about daylight<br>104 We pass upon de ole man's place--an' every t'ing 's all right. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">105 Wall! we leev happy on de farm for nearly fifty year, <br>106 Till wan day on de summer tam--she die--ma belle Elmire<br>107 I feel so lonesome lef' behin'--I tink 't was bes' mebbe--<br>108 Dat w'en le Bon Dieu tak' ma famme--he should not forget me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">109 But dat is hees biz-nesse ma frien'--I know dat 's all right dere<br>110 I 'll wait till he call ''Poleon' den I will be prepare--<br>111 An' w'en he fin' me ready, for mak' de longue voyage<br>112 He guide me t'roo de wood hesef upon ma las' portage.</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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2 An' I will tole you story of old tam long ago--
3 W'en ev'ryt'ing is happy--w'en all de bird is sing
4 An' me!--I'm young an' strong lak moose an' not afraid no t'ing. 

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