The Voyageur and Other Poems. William Henry Drummond

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       William Henry Drummond

      The Voyageur and Other Poems

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664568205

      Table of Contents

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       THE VOYAGEUR . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

       The Voyageur and Other Poems

       The Voyageur

       "Far, far away from hees own vill-age An' soun' of de parish bell."

       BRUNO THE HUNTER

       "So de devil ketch heem of course at las'."

       PRIDE

       Dieudonné (GOD-GIVEN)

       THE DEVIL

       The Family Laramie

       Yankee Families

       The Last Portage

       "De moon an' de star above is gone, Yet somet'ing tell me I mus' go on."

       Getting On

       Pioneers

       "So we fin' some fence dat 's handy for mese'f an' Rosalie."

       Natural Philosophy

       Champlain

       Pro Patria

       "Jus' tell dem de news of Gédéon Plouffe— How he jump wit' de familee."

       Getting Stout

       Doctor Hilaire

       Barbotte (Bull-pout)

       Lyrics and melody of "The Rossignol"

       Lyrics and melody of "The Rossignol"—Concluded

       THE ROSSIGNOL

       Air—"Sur la Montagne"

       Meb-be

       "Don't bodder no wan on de school Unless dey bodder heem."

       Snubbing (Tying-up) the Raft

       "To-night I can hear hees darn ole fiddle, Playin' away on Joe Belair."

       A Rainy Day in Camp

       Josette

       "So dat 's de reason dey call Josette Leetle sister of de poor."

       Josette

       Joe Boucher

       Air—"Car si mon moine."

       Charmette

       "You see dat lake? Wall! I alway hate To brag--but she 's full of trout."

       Lac Souci

       Poirier's Rooster

       Dominique

       Home

       Canadian Forever

       Twins

       Keep Out of the Weeds

       The Holy Island

       The Rivière des Prairies

       The Wind that Lifts the Fog

       The Fox Hunt