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William Henry Drummond - Charmette
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Away off back on de mountain-side,
    Not easy t`ing fin` de spot,
  W`ere de lake below is long an` wide,
    A nice leetle place I got,
  Mebbe ten foot deep by twenty-two,
    An` if you see it, I bet
  You’ll not be surprise w`en I tole to you
    I chrissen dat place Charmette.

  Dat’s purty beeg word, Charmette, for go
    On poor leetle house so small,
  Wit` only wan chimley, a winder or so,
    An` no galerie at all--
  But I want beeg word, so de worl` will know
    W`at dat place it was mean to me,
  An` dere on de book of Jean Jacques Rousseau,
    Charmette is de nam` I see.

  O ma dear Charmette! an` de stove is dere,
    (Good stove) an` de wood-pile too.
  An` stretch out your finger mos` anyw`ere,
    Dere’s plaintee for comfort you--
  You`re hongry? wall! you got pork an` bean,
    Mak` you feel lak Edouard de King--
  You `re torsty?  Jus` look dere behin` de screen,
    An` mebbe you fin` somet`ing--

  Ha! Ha! you got it.  Ma dear Charmette.
    Dere’s many fine place, dat’s true,
  If you travel aroun` de worl`, but yet
    W`ere is de place lak you?
  Open de door, don`t kip it close--
    W`at’s air of de mornin` for?
  Would you fassen de door on de win` dat blows
    Over God`s own boulevard?

  You see dat lake?  Wall!  I alway hate
    To brag--but she’s full of trout,
  So full dey can`t jump togeder, but wait
    An` tak` deir chance, turn about--
  An` if you be campin` up dere above,
    De mountain would be so high,
  Very offen de camp you `d have to move,
    Or how can de moon pass by?

  It’s wonderful place for sure, Charmette,
    An` ev`ry wan say to me--
  I got all de pleasure de man can get
    `Cept de wife an` de familee--
  But somebody else can marry ma wife,
    Have de familee too also,
  W`at more do I want, so long ma life
    Was spare to me here below?

  For we can`t be happier dan we been
    Over twenty year, no siree!
  An` if ever de stranger come between
    De leetle Charmette an` me,
  Den all I can say is, kip out de way,
    For dynamite sure I’ll get,
  An` affer dat you can hunt all day
    For me an` ma dear Charmette.
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