The Voyageur and Other Poems

About this eBook

Author

Drummond, William Henry, 1854-1907

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20609

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20609

Release Date

February 16, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1."So I fill de glass an' I raise it high An' drink to de Voyageur." — THE VOYAGEUR
2. 2.AND OTHER POEMS — By William Henry Drummond, M.D. — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY Frederick Simpson Coburn — SIXTEENTH THOUSAND — TO WILLIAM HENRY PARKER LAC LA PÊCHE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — THE VOYAGEUR . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — THE VOYAGEUR — BRUNO THE HUNTER — THE LAST PORTAGE — PIONEERS — PRO PATRIA — MEB-BE — SNUBBING (TYING-UP) THE RAFT — JOSETTE — CHARMETTE (Missing from book) — The Voyageur and Other Poems
5. 5.The Voyageur — "Far, far away from hees own vill-age An' soun' of de parish bell."
6. 6.BRUNO THE HUNTER — "So de devil ketch heem of course at las'."
7. 7.PRIDE
8. 8.Dieudonné (GOD-GIVEN)
9. 9.THE DEVIL
10. 10.The Family Laramie
11. 11.Yankee Families
12. 12.The Last Portage — "De moon an' de star above is gone, Yet somet'ing tell me I mus' go on."
13. 13.Getting On
14. 14.Pioneers — "So we fin' some fence dat 's handy for mese'f an' Rosalie."
15. 15.Natural Philosophy
16. 16.Champlain
17. 17.Pro Patria — "Jus' tell dem de news of Gédéon Plouffe— How he jump wit' de familee."
18. 18.Getting Stout
19. 19.Doctor Hilaire
20. 20.Barbotte (Bull-pout) — Lyrics and melody of "The Rossignol" — Lyrics and melody of "The Rossignol"—Concluded
21. 21.THE ROSSIGNOL — Air—"Sur la Montagne"
22. 22.Meb-be — "Don't bodder no wan on de school Unless dey bodder heem."
23. 23.Snubbing (Tying-up) the Raft — "To-night I can hear hees darn ole fiddle, Playin' away on Joe Belair."
24. 24.A Rainy Day in Camp
25. 25.Josette — "So dat 's de reason dey call Josette Leetle sister of de poor." — Josette
26. 26.Joe Boucher — Air—"Car si mon moine."
27. 27.Charmette — "You see dat lake? Wall! I alway hate To brag--but she 's full of trout."
28. 28.Lac Souci
29. 29.Poirier's Rooster
30. 30.Dominique
31. 31.Home
32. 32.Canadian Forever
33. 33.Twins
34. 34.Keep Out of the Weeds
35. 35.The Holy Island
36. 36.The Rivière des Prairies
37. 37.The Wind that Lifts the Fog
38. 38.The Fox Hunt

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