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William Henry Drummond - The Oyster Schooner
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W`at`s  all dem bell a ringin` for, a can
   hear dem ev`ry w`ere?
W`at`s bring de peop` togeder on de w`arf at
   Trois Rivieres,
Dat happy crowd is look so glad, w`y  are dey
   comin` dere?
O! de reason dey`re so happy w`ile dey`re
   waitin` dere to-day
Is becos de oyster schooner she`s sailin` up de
   bay
An` de caraquette an` malpecque will quickly
   melt away
 Affer she was  t`row de anchor on t`ree reever.

For w`y dey mak` de fuss lak dat, an` nearly
   broke deir neck,
Ain`t dey got de noder oyster more better dan
   malpecque
Or caraquette, dat leetle wan from down be-
   low Kebeck?

Wall! ax de crowd dat question w`ile dey`re
   waitin` dere to-day
So glad to see La Belle Marie sailin` up de bay,
An` dey `ll drown you on de water, so you `ll
   know about de way
She was t`rowin` out de anchor on T`ree
   Reever

Dere`s  ole Joe Lachapelle, he`s blin`, can
   hardly see at all,
He`s bring de man got wooden leg call Jimmie
   Sauriol,
An` bote dem feller jomp aroun` lak mooshrat
   on de fall,
For dey know de schooner `s comin`, she`s
   sailin` up de bay,
An` de reason she don`t  hurry w`ile dey `re
   waitin` dere to-day,
Is becos she`s full of oyster, will quickly pass
   away
 W`en dat schooner t`row de anchor on T`ree
   Reever.

We`ve trottin` race las` winter, an` circus on
   de spring,
Wit` elephan` an` monkey too,  all playin` on
   de ring,
But beeger crowd she`s  comin` now, for w`y?
   it `s differen` t`ing,
For dey `re waitin` on dat schooner, she`s
   sailin` up de bay
Dey smell de malpecque oyster an` caraquette
   to-day
An` O!  ba gosh, dey `ll eat dem!  it`s alway
   be de way
 W`en dat schooner t`row de anchor on T`ree
   Reever.

"She`s comin` in -she`s comin` in," jus`lis-
   sen to de cry!
"Get out de line an` hol` her  fas`, for fear
   she`s  passin` by,
For if dere `s sometíng happen now, de peop`
   will surely die."
Affer waitin` on dat schooner, she `s sailin` up
   de bay
Lak de sparrow on de wood-pile watchin` all
   de day,
But dey got her safe enough now,  she `ll never
   sail away
Till dem oyster she was finish on T`ree Reever.

"All aboar`-comment câ va, Captinne Beli-
   veau?
We`re glad to see you back again from Cara-
   quette below,
But we `re sorry you don`t hurry, w`en you got
   such nice car-go."

So dey ketch dat oyster schooner she`s sailin`
   up de bay,
Dey ketch her an` dey hol` her till de oyster `s
   gone away
An` she`s two foot out de water La Belle
   Marie nex` day
Affer she was t row de anchor on T`ree Reever.
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