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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538414" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Maxime Labelle</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Victoriaw: she have beeg war, E-gyp's de nam' de place--<br>An' neeger peep dat's leev 'im dere, got very black de face,<br>An' so she's write Joseph Mercier, he's stop on Trois Rivieres--<br>'Please come right off, an' bring wit' you t'ree honder voyageurs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I got de plaintee sojer, me, beeg feller six foot tall--<br>Dat's Englishman, an' Scotch also, don't wear no pant at all;<br>Of course, de Irishman's de bes', raise all de row he can,<br>But noboddy can pull batteau lak good Canadian man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I geev you steady job for sure, an' w'en you get 'im t'roo<br>I bring you back on Canadaw, don't cos' de man un sou,<br>Dat's firs'-class steamboat all de way Kebeck an' Leeverpool,<br>An' if you don't be satisfy, you mus' be beeg, beeg fool.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We meet upon Hotel Dufresne, an' talk heem till daylight,<br>An' Joe he's treat so many tam, we very near get tight,<br>Den affer w'ile, we mak' our min' dat's not bad chance, an' so<br>Joseph Mercier he's telegraph, 'Correc', Madame, we go.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So Joe arrange de whole beez-nesse wit' Queen Victoriaw;<br>Two dollar day--work all de tam--dat's purty good l'argent!<br>An' w'en we start on Trois Rivieres, for pass on boar' de ship,<br>Our frien' dey all say, 'Bon voyage,' an' den Hooraw! E-gyp'!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dat beeg steamboat was plonge so moche, I'm 'fraid she never stop--<br>De Capitaine's no use at all, can't kip her on de top--<br>An' so we all come very sick, jus' lak one leetle pup,<br>An' ev'ry tam de ship's go down, de inside she's go up.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm sorry spoke lak dis, ma frien', if you don't t'ink it's so,<br>Please ax Joseph Mercier hese'f, or Aleck De Courteau,<br>Dat stay on bed mos' all de tam, so sick dey nearly die,<br>But lak' some great, beeg Yankee man, was never tole de lie.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De gang she's travel, travel, t'roo many strange contree,<br>An' ev'ry place is got new nam', I don't remember, me,<br>We see some fonny t'ing, for sure, more fonny I can tell,<br>But w'en we reach de Neel Riviere, dat's feel more naturel.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So many fine, beeg sojer man, I never see before,<br>All dress heem on grand uniform, is wait upon de shore,<br>Some black, some green, an' red also, cos' honder dollar sure,<br>An' holler out, 'She's all right now, here come de voyageurs!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We see boss Generale also, he's ride on beeg chameau,<br>Dat's w'at you call Ca-melle, I t'ink, I laugh de way she go!<br>Jomp up, jomp down, jomp ev'ry place, but still de Generale<br>Seem satisfy for stay on top, dat fonny an-i-mal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's holler out on Joe Mercier, 'Comment câ va Joseph<br>You lak for come right off wit' me, tak' leetle ride yourseff?'<br>Joseph, he mak' de grand salut, an' tak' it off hees hat,<br>'Merci, Mon Generale,' he say, 'I got no use for dat.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Den affer we was drink somet'ing, an' sing 'Le Brigadier,'<br>De sojer fellers get prepare, for mak' de embarquer,<br>An' everybody's shout heem out, w'en we tak' hole de boat<br>'Hooraw pour Queen Victoriaw!' an' also 'pour nous autres.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bigosh; I do hard work mese'f upon de Ottawa,<br>De Gatineau an' St. Maurice, also de Mattawa,<br>But I don't never work at all, I'sure you dat's a fack<br>Until we strike de Neel Riviere, an' sapré Catarack!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Dis way, dat way, can't keep her straight,' 'look out, Bateese, look out!'<br>'Now let her go'--'arrete un peu,' dat's way de pilot shout,<br>'Don't wash de neeger girl on shore,' an' 'prenez garde behin','<br>'W'at's matter wit' dat rudder man? I t'ink he's goin' blin'!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some tam of course, de boat's all right, an' carry us along<br>An' den again, we mak portage, w'en current she's too strong<br>On place lak' dat, we run good chance, for sun-struck on de neck,<br>An' plaintee tam we wish ourseff was back on ole Kebeck.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De seconde Catarack we pass, more beeger dan de Soo,<br>She's nearly t'orty mile for sure, it would astonish you,<br>Dat's place t'ree Irishman get drown, wan day we have beeg storm,<br>I s'pose de Queen is feel lak cry, los' dat nice uniform!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">De night she's very, very cole, an' hot upon de day,<br>An' all de tam, you feel jus' lak you're goin' melt away,<br>But never min' an' don't get scare, you mak' it up all right,<br>An' twenty poun' you los' dat day, she's comin' back sam' night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We got small bugle boy also, he's mebbe stan' four foot,<br>An' firs' t'ing ev'ry morning, sure, he mak' it toot! toot! toot!<br>She's nice enough upon de day, for hear de bugle call,<br>But w'en she play before daylight, I don't lak dat at all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We mus' get up immediatement, dat leetle feller blow,<br>An' so we start heem off again, for pull de beeg batteau,<br>De sojer man he's nice, nice boy, an' help us all he can,<br>An' geev heem chance, he's mos' as good lak some Canadian man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wall all de tam, she go lak dat, was busy every day,<br>Don't get moche chance for foolish-ness, don't get no chance for play,<br>Dere's plaintee danger all aroun', an' w'en we're comin' back<br>We got look out for run heem safe, dem sapré Catarack.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But w'ere's de war? I can't mak' out, don't see no fight at all!<br>She's not'ing but une Grande Piqnique, dat's las' in all de fall!<br>Mebbe de neeger King he's scare, an' skip anoder place,<br>An' pour la Reine Victoriaw! I never see de face.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But dat's not ma beez-nesse, ma frien', I'm ready pull batteau<br>So long she pay two dollar day, wit' pork an' bean also;<br>An' if she geev me steady job, for mak' some more l'argent,<br>I say, 'Hooraw! for all de tam, on Queen Victoriaw!'</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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An' neeger peep dat's leev 'im dere, got very black de face,
An' so she's write Joseph Mercier, he's stop on Trois Rivieres--
'Please come right off, an' bring wit' you t'ree honder voyageur..."></div>
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