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So raise it ev'ryw'ere, lak' de ole tam voyageurs,
W'en you hear of de la Salle an' Cadillac-

Hooraw!

For de flag of de la Salle an' Cadillac.

William Henry Drummond (1854-1907]

WRECK OF THE "JULIE PLANTE”

ON wan dark night on Lac St. Pierre,

De win' she blow, blow, blow,

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An' de crew of de wood scow "Julie Plante"

Got scar't an' run below;

For de win' she blow lak hurricane,

Bimeby she blow some more,

An' de scow bus' up on Lac St. Pierre,
Wan arpent from de shore.

De Captinne walk on de fronte deck,
An' walk de hin' deck, too-
He call de crew from up de hole

He call de cook also.

De cook she's name was Rosie,

She come from Montreal,

Was chambre maid on lumber barge.

On de Grande Lachine Canal.

De win' she blow from nor'eas'-wes'-
De sout' win' she blow, too,

W'en Rosie cry, "Mon cher Captinne,
Mon cher, w'at I shall do?"

Den de Captinne t'row de big ankerre,

But still de scow she dreef,

De crew he can't pass on de shore,

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De night was dark, lak' one black cat,
De wave run high an' fas',

W'en de Captinne tak' de Rosie girl
An' tie her to de mas'.

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Den he also tak' de life preserve,

An' jomp off on de lak',

An' say, "Good by, ma Rosie dear,

I go drown for your sak'."

Nex' mornin' very early,

'Bout ha'f-pas' two-t'ree-four-
De Captinne, scow, an' de poor Rosie
Was corpses on de shore;

For de win' she blow lak' hurricane
Bimeby she blow some more,

An' de scow bus' up on Lac St. Pierre,^^.
Wan arpent from de shore.

MORAL

Now, all good wood scow sailor man
Tak' warning by dat storm,

An' go an' marry some nice French girl
An' leev on wan beeg farm;
De win' can blow lak' hurricane,

An' s'pose she blow some more,

You can't get drown on Lac St. Pierre,
So long you stay on shore.

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William Henry Drummond [1854-1907]

HUMPTY DUMPTY

"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall:

Not all the king's horses nor all the king's men
Could set Humpty Dumpty up again."

FULL many a project that never was hatched

Falls down, and gets shattered beyond being patched;
And luckily, too! for if all came to chickens,
Then things without feathers might go to the dickens.

If each restless unit that moves among men
Might climb to a place with the privileged "ten,"
Pray tell us where all the commotion would stop!!
Must the whole pan of milk, forsooth, rise to the top?

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And grasped the great helm, who would stand by the ropes?

Or if all dainty fingers their duties might choose,

Who would wash up the dishes, and polish the shoes?

Suppose every aspirant writing a book

Contrived to get published, by hook or by crook;
Geologists then of a later creation

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Would be startled, I fancy, to find a formation
Proving how the poor world did most woefully sink
Beneath mountains of paper, and oceans of ink!

Or even suppose all the women were married;
By whom would superfluous babies be carried?

Where would be the good aunts that should knit all the stockings?

Or nurses, to do up the singings and rockings?

Wise spinsters, to lay down their wonderful rules,
And with theories rare to enlighten the fools, —
Or to look after orphans, and primary schools?

No! Failure's a part of the infinite plan;

Who finds that he can't, must give way to who can;
And as one and another drops out of the race.

Each stumbles at last to his suitable place.

So the great scheme works on, though, like eggs from the wall,

Little single designs to such ruin may fall,

That not all the world's might, of its horses or men,

Could set their crushed hopes at the summit again.

Adeline D. T. Whitney [1824-1906]

STRICTLY GERM-PROOF

THE Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup

Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up; They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised;

It wasn't Disinfected and it wasn't Sterilized.

They said it was a Microbe and a Hotbed of Disease; They steamed it in a vapor of a thousand-odd degrees; They froze it in a freezer that was cold as Banished Hope And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap.

In sulphrueted hydrogen they steeped its wiggly ears; They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard-boiled shears;

They donned their rubber mittens and they took it by the hand

And 'lected it a member of the Fumigated Band.

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There's not a Micrococcus in the garden where they play;
They bathe in pure iodoform a dozen times a day;
And each imbibes his rations from a Hygienic Cup-

The Bunny and the Baby and the Prophylactic Pup.
Arthur Guiterman (1871-

CAVE SEDEM!

BEWARE the deadly Sitting habit,
Or, if you sit, be like the rabbit,
Who keepeth ever on the jump
By springs concealed beneath his rump.

A little ginger 'neath the tail
Will oft for lack of brains avail;
Eschew the dull and slothful Seat,
And move about with willing feet!

Man was not made to sit a-trance,
And press, and press, and press his pants;
But rather, with an open mind,

To circulate among his kind.

And so, my son, avoid the snare

Which lurks within a cushioned chair;
To run like hell, it has been found,
Both feet must be upon the ground.

Theodore F. MacManus [18

REVIVAL HYMN

From "Uncle Remus "

Он, whar shill we go w'en de great day comes,

Wid de blowin' er de trumpits en de bangin' er de drums? How many po' sinners'll be kotched out late

En fine no latch ter de golden gate?

No use fer ter wait twel ter-morrer!

De sun mustn't set on yo' sorrer,
Sin's es sharp ez a bamboo-brier-
Oh, Lord! fetch the mo'ners up higher!

W'en de nashuns er de earf is a-stan'in' all aroun',

Who's a gwine ter be choosen fer ter w'ar de glory-crown? Who's gwine fer ter stan' stiff-kneed en bol',

En answer to der name at de callin' er de roll?

You better come now ef you comin'-
Ole Satun is loose en a bummin'-

De wheels er distruckshun is a hummin'—
Oh, come 'long, sinner, ef you comin'!

De song er salvashun is a mighty sweet song,
En de Pairidise win' blow fur en blow strong,
En Aberham's bosom, hit's saft en hit's wide,
En right dar's de place whar de sinners oughter hide!
Oh, you nee'nter be a stoppin' en a lookin';
Ef you fool wid ole Satun you'll git took in;
You'll hang on de aidge en get shook in,
Ef you keep on a stoppin' en a lookin'.

De time is right now, en dish yer's de place-
Let de sun er salvashun shine squar' in yo' face;
Fight de battles er de Lord, fight soon en fight late,

En you'll allers fine a latch ter de golden gate.

No use fer ter wait twel ter-morrer,
De sun mustn't set on yo' sorrer-
Sin's es sharp ez a bamboo-brier,

Ax de Lord fer ter fetch you up higher!

Joel Chandler Harris [1848-1908]

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