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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538452" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>When Albani Sang</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was workin' away on de farm dere, wan<br>morning not long ago,<br>Feexin' de fence for winter--'cos dat's<br>w'ere we got de snow!<br>W'en Jeremie Plouffe, ma neighbor, come<br>over an' spik wit' me,<br>'Antoine, you will come on de city,<br>for hear Ma-dam All-ba-nee?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'W'at you mean?' I was sayin' right off, me,<br>'Some woman was mak' de speech,<br>Or girl on de Hooraw Circus, doin' high<br>kick an' screech?'<br>'Non--non,' he is spikin'--'Excuse me,<br>dat's be Ma-dam All-ba-nee<br>Was leevin' down here on de contree, two<br>mile 'noder side Chambly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'She's jus' comin' over from Englan', on<br>steamboat arrive Kebeck,<br>Singin' on Lunnon an' Paree, an' havin'<br>beeg tam, I expec',<br>But no matter de moche she enjoy it, for<br>travel all roun' de worl',<br>Somet'ing on de heart bring her back here,<br>for she was de Chambly girl.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'She never do not'ing but singin' an' makin'<br>de beeg grande tour<br>An' travel on summer an' winter, so mus' be<br>de firs' class for sure!<br>Ev'ryboddy I'm t'inkin' was know her, an' I<br>also hear 'noder t'ing,<br>She's frien' on La Reine Victoria an' show<br>her de way to sing!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Wall,' I say, 'you're sure she is Chambly,<br>w'at you call Ma-dam All-ba-nee?<br>Don't know me dat nam' on de Canton--I hope<br>you're not fool wit' me?'<br>An' he say, 'Lajeunesse, dey was call her,<br>before she is come mariée,<br>But she's takin' de nam' of her husban'--I<br>s'pose dat's de only way.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'C'est bon, mon ami,' I was say me, 'If I get<br>t'roo de fence nex' day<br>An' she don't want too moche on de monee den<br>mebbe I see her play.'<br>So I finish dat job on to-morrow, Jeremie he<br>was helpin' me too,<br>An' I say, 'Len' me t'ree dollar quickly for<br>mak' de voyage wit' you.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Correc'--so we're startin' nex' morning, an'<br>arrive Montreal all right,<br>Buy dollar tiquette on de bureau, an' pass on<br>de hall dat night.<br>Beeg crowd, wall! I bet you was dere too, all<br>dress on some fancy dress,<br>De lady, I don't say not'ing, but man's all<br>w'ite shirt an' no ves'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Don't matter, w'en ban' dey be ready, de foreman<br>strek out wit' hees steek,<br>An' fiddle an' ev'ryt'ing else too, begin for<br>play up de musique.<br>It's fonny t'ing too dey was playin' don't lak<br>it mese'f at all,<br>I rader be lissen some jeeg, me, or w'at you call<br>'Affer de ball.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' I'm not feelin' very surprise den, w'en de<br>crowd holler out, 'Encore,'<br>For mak' all dem feller commencin' an' try leetle<br>piece some more,<br>'Twas better wan' too, I be t'inkin', but slow<br>lak you're goin' to die,<br>All de sam', noboddy say not'ing, dat mean<br>dey was satisfy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Affer dat come de Grande piano, lak we got on<br>Chambly Hotel,<br>She's nice lookin' girl was play dat, so of<br>course she's go off purty well,<br>Den feller he's ronne out an' sing some, it's<br>all about very fine moon,<br>Dat shine on Canal, ev'ry night too, I'm sorry<br>I don't know de tune.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nex' t'ing I commence get excite, me, for I<br>don't see no great Ma-dam yet,<br>Too bad I was los all dat monee, an' too late<br>for de raffle tiquette!<br>W'en jus' as I feel very sorry, for come all<br>de way from Chambly,<br>Jeremie he was w'isper, 'Tiens, Tiens, prenez<br>garde, she's comin' Ma-dam All-ba-nee!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ev'ryboddy seem glad w'en dey see her, come<br>walkin' right down de platform,<br>An' way dey mak' noise on de han' den, w'y!<br>it's jus' lak de beeg tonder storm!<br>I'll never see not'ing lak dat, me, no matter<br>I travel de worl',<br>An' Ma-dam, you t'ink it was scare her? Non,<br>she laugh lak de Chambly girl!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dere was young feller comin' behin' her, walk<br>nice, comme un Cavalier,<br>An' before All-ba-nee she is ready an' piano<br>get startin' for play,<br>De feller commence wit' hees singin', more<br>stronger dan all de res',<br>I t'ink he's got very bad manner, know not'ing<br>at all politesse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ma-dam, I s'pose she get mad den, an' before<br>anyboddy can spik,<br>She settle right down for mak' sing too, an'<br>purty soon ketch heem up quick,<br>Den she's kip it on gainin' an' gainin', till<br>de song it is tout finis,<br>An' w'en she is beatin' dat feller, Bagosh!<br>I am proud Chambly!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not very sorry at all, me, w'en de feller<br>was ronnin' away,<br>An' man he's come out wit' de piccolo, an'<br>start heem right off for play,<br>For it's kin' de musique I be fancy, Jeremie<br>he is lak it also,<br>An' wan de bes' t'ing on dat ev'ning is man<br>wit' de piccolo!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Den mebbe ten minute is passin', Ma-dam she is<br>comin' encore,<br>Dis tam all alone on de platform, dat feller<br>don't show up no more,<br>An' w'en she start off on de singin' Jeremie say,<br>'Antoine, dat's Français,'<br>Dis give us more pleasure, I tole you, 'cos w'y?<br>We're de pure Canayen!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dat song I will never forget me, 'twas song of<br>de leetle bird,<br>W'en he's fly from it's nes' on de tree top,<br>'fore res' of de worl' get stirred,<br>Ma-dam she was tole us about it, den start off<br>so quiet an' low,<br>An' sing lak de bird on de morning, de poor<br>leetle small oiseau.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I 'member wan tam I be sleepin' jus' onder some<br>beeg pine tree<br>An song of de robin wak' me, but robin he<br>don't see me,<br>Dere's not'ing for scarin' dat bird dere, he's<br>feel all alone on de worl',<br>Wall! Ma-dam she mus' lissen lak dat too, w'en<br>she was de Chambly girl!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Cos how could she sing dat nice chanson, de sam'<br>as de bird I was hear,<br>Till I see it de maple an' pine tree an' Richelieu<br>ronnin' near,<br>Again I'm de leetle feller, lak young colt upon<br>de spring<br>Dat's jus' on de way I was feel, me, w'en Ma-dam<br>All-ba-nee is sing!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' affer de song it is finish, an' crowd is mak'<br>noise wit' its han',<br>I s'pose dey be t'inkin' I'm crazy, dat mebbe<br>I don't onderstan',<br>Cos I'm set on de chair very quiet, mese'f an'<br>poor Jeremie,<br>An' I see dat hees eye it was cry too, jus' sam'<br>way it go wit' me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dere's rosebush outside on our garden, ev'ry spring<br>it has got new nes',<br>But only wan bluebird is buil' dere, I know her<br>from all de res',<br>An' no matter de far she be flyin' away on<br>de winter tam,<br>Back to her own leetle rosebush she's comin<br>dere jus' de sam'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We're not de beeg place on our Canton, mebbe<br>cole on de winter, too,<br>But de heart's 'Canayen' on our body, an'<br>dat's warm enough for true!<br>An' w'en All-ba-nee was got lonesome for<br>travel all roun' de worl'<br>I hope she 'll come home, lak de bluebird,<br>an' again be de Chambly girl!</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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'Antoine, you will come on de city,
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