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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538439" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Log Jam</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">1 Dere 'a s beeg jam up de reever, w'ere rapide is runnin' fas',<br>2 An' de log we cut las' winter is takin' it all de room; <br>3 So boss of de gang is swearin', for not'ing at all can pass<br>4 An' float away down de current till somebody break de boom. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">5 'Here 's for de man will tak' de job, holiday for a week<br>6 Extra monee w'en pay day come, an' ten dollar suit of clothes. <br>7 'T is n't so hard work run de log, if only you do it quick--<br>8 W'ere 's de man of de gang den is ready to say, ` Here goes?'' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">9 Dere was de job for a feller, handy an' young an' smart, <br>10 Willin' to tak' hees chances, willin' to risk hees life. <br>11 'Cos many a t'ing is safer, dan tryin' de boom to start, <br>12 For if de log wance ketch you, dey 're cuttin' you lak a knife. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">13 Aleck Lachance he lissen, an' answer heem right away<br>14 'Marie Louise dat 's leevin' off on de shore close by<br>15 She 's sayin' de word was mak' me mos' happies' man to-day<br>16 An' if you ax de reason I 'm ready to go, dat 's w'y.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">17 Pierre Delorme he 's spikin' den, an' O! but he 's lookin' glad. <br>18 'Dis morning de sam' girl tole me, she mus' say to me, ` Good-bye Pierre.' <br>19 So no wan can stop me goin', for I feel I was comin' mad<br>20 An' wedder I see to-morrow, dat 's not'ing, for I don't care.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">21 Aleck Lachance was steady, he 's bully boy all aroun', <br>22 Alway sendin' de monee to hees moder away below, <br>23 Now an' den savin' a leetle for buyin' de house an' groun', <br>24 An' never done t'inkin', t'inkin' of Marie Louise Lebeau. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">25 Pierre was a half-breed feller, we call heem de grand Nor' Wes'--<br>26 Dat is de place he 's leevin' w'en he work for de Compagnie, <br>27 Dey say he 's marry de squaw dere, never min' about all de res'--<br>28 An' affer he get hees monee, he 's de boy for de jamboree! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">29 Ev'ry wan start off cheerin' w'en dey pass on de log out dere<br>30 Jompin' about lak monkey, Aleck an' Pierre Delorme. <br>31 Workin' de sam' as twenty, an' runnin' off ev'ryw'ere, <br>32 An' busy on all de places, lak beaver before de storm. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">33 Den we hear some wan shoutin', an' dere was dat crazy girl, <br>34 Marie Louise, on de hillside, cryin' an' raisin' row. <br>35 Could n't do not'ing worser! mos' foolish t'ing on de worl'<br>36 For Pierre Delorme an' Aleck was n't workin' upon de scow. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">37 Bote of dem turn aroun' dere w'en girl is commencin' cry, <br>38 Lak woman I wance remember, got los' on de bush t'ree day, <br>39 'Look how de log is movin'! I 'm seein' it wit' ma eye, <br>40 Come back out of all dem danger!' an' den she was faint away. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">41 Ten year I been reever driver, an' mebbe know somet'ing too, <br>42 An' dere was n't a man don't watch for de minute dem log she go; <br>43 But never a word from de boos dere, stannin' wit' all hees crew, <br>44 So how she can see dem movin' don't ax me, for I dunno. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">45 Hitch dem all up togeder, t'ousan' horse crazy mad--<br>46 Only a couple of feller for han'le dem ev'ry wan, <br>47 Scare dem wit' t'onder an' lightning, an' den 't is n't half so bad<br>48 As log runnin' down de rapide, affer de boom she 's gone. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">49 See dem nex' day on de basin, you t'ink dey was t'roo de fight<br>50 Cut wit' de sword an' bullet, lyin' along de shore<br>51 You 'd pity de log, I 'm sure, an' say 't was terrible sight<br>52 But man goin' t'roo de sam' t'ing, you 'd pity dat man some more. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">53 An' Pierre w'en he see dem goin' an' log jompin' up an' down<br>54 De sign of de cross he 's makin' an' dive on de water dere, <br>55 He know it 's all up hees chances, an' he rader be goin' drown<br>56 Dan ketch by de rollin' timber, an' dat 's how he go, poor Pierre. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">57 Aleck's red shirt is blazin' off w'ere we hear de log<br>58 Crackin' away an' bangin', sam' as a honder gun, <br>59 Lak' sun on de morning tryin' to peep t'roo de reever fog--<br>60 But Aleck's red shirt is redder dan ever I see de sun. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">61 An' w'en dey 're tryin' wake her: Marie Louise Lebeau, <br>62 On her neck dey fin' a locket, she 's kipin' so nice an' warm, <br>63 An' dey 're tolin' de funny story, de funnies' I dunno--<br>64 For de face, Baptême! dey see dere, was de half-breed Pierre Delorme!</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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