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William Henry Drummond - The Canadian Magpie
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Mos` ev`ryman lak de robin
   An` it`s pleasan` for hear heem sing,
Affer de winter `s over
   An` it `s comin` anoder spring.
De snow `s hardly off de mountain
   An` it`s cole too among de pine
But you know w`en he sing, de sout` win`
   Is crowdin` heem close behin` .

An` mebbe you hear de grosbec
   Sittin` above de nes`-
An` you see by de way  he `s goin` 
   De ole man `s doin` hees bes`
Makin` de wife an` baby
   Happy as dey can be-
An` proud he was come de fader
   Such fine leetle familee.

De gouglou of course he `s nicer
   Dan many bird dat fly,
Dunno w`at we do widout heem,
   But offen I wonder w`y
He can`t stay quiet a minute
   Lak res` of de small oiseaux
An` finish de song he`s startin` 
   Till whish! an` away he go!

Got not`ing to say agen dem,
   De gouglou an` all de res`-
`Cept only dey lak de comfort,
   An` come w`en it suit dem bes`-
For soon as de summer `s passin`
   An` leaf is begin to fall-
You`ll wálk t`roo de wood an` medder
   An` never hear wan bird call.

But come wit` me on de winter
   On place w`ere de beeg tree grow
De smoke of de log house chimley
   Will tole you de way to go-
An` if you `re not too unlucky
   De w`iskey jack dere you`ll see
Flyin` aroun` de shaintee
   An` dat was de bird for me.

You `ll mebbe not lak hees singin` 
   Dough it `s better dan not`ing too,
For affer he do hees bes`, den
   W`at more can poor Johnnie do?
It `s easy job sing on summer
   De sam ` as de rossignol-
But out of door on de winter
   Jus` try youse`f -dat `s all.

See heem dere, now he`s comin` 
   Hoppin` an` hoppin` aroun` 
W`en we start on de morning early
   For work till de sun go down-
T`row heem hees piece of breakfas`
   An` hear heem say "merci bien",
For he`s fond on de pork, ba golly!
   Sam ` as de Canayen.

De noise of de axe don`t scare heem
   He stay wit` us all de day,
An` w`en he was feelin` lak` it
   Ride home wit` de horse an` sleigh.
Den affer we reach de shaintee
   He `s waitin` to see us back
Jompin` upon de log dere
   Good leetle w`iskey lack!

So here `s to de bird of winter
   Wearin` de coonskin coat,
W`enever it `s bird election
   You bet he can get ma vote-
Dat `s way I be feel about it,
   Voyageurs let her go today!
W`iskey jack, get ready,  we drink you
   Toujours à vot` bonne santé!
                          Baptême!
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