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An English youth to Canada came	A
A labourer John Roe by name	A
His little wealth had made him bold	B
Twenty sovereigns in gold	B
He was industrious and wise	C
And e'en small sums did not despise	C
He added to his wealth each year	D
For independence he loved dear	D
He knew a labourer he would be	E
Forever in the old country	E
His forefathers had tilled the ground	F
And never one had saved a pound	F
On beds of down they did not lie	G
And frugally their goods did buy	G
Their one luxury around the door	H
A few choice flowers their garden bore	H
But never hoped to own the soil	I
But serve as hinds to sweat and toil	I
To work and toil for him had charm	J
He hoped some day to own a farm	J
So he hired with Rueben Tripp	K
The wealthiest man in the township	K
Tripp's only child his daughter Jane	L
He sought her love and not in vain	L
As Jacob served for Rachel dear	D
So John he served year after year	D
Till rich enough to buy bush farm	J
For to chop down with his strong arm	J
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The truest nobleman of all	M
He lives not in ancestral hall	M
But sheltereth family from harm	J
By logs rolled up with his strong arms	N
In this young glorious land so free	E
Where each may rear his own roof tree	E
And the chief glory of old days	O
Broad fire place where big logs did blaze	O
As much as two strong men could handle	P
They served alike for heat and candle	P
He his young oxen did adorn	Q
With fine gay ribbons on each horn	Q
And to his home with joy and pride	R
he did bring sweet blooming bride	R
Such happiness is seldom seen	S
Happier far than King or Queen	S
She helped him in the fields to reap	T
And span the wool from off their sheep	T
And from the yarn she wove the cloth	U
All they required they had for both	V
And she was a good tailoress	O
Did make his coat and her own dress	O
The golden butter that she made	W
Was of the very finest grade	W
Each grace and virtue she possess'd	X
Where 'ere she was that spot was blessed	X
And though they did not have stove then	Y
Neither did they own an oven	Z
She filled large pot with well knead dough	A2
And baked fine bread 'mong embers glow	A2
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He each winter the forest trees	O
Did quickly hew them down with ease	O
For he to work had a desire	B2
And the skill did soon acquire	B2
But 'round great giants hewed a ring	C2
Then storms would soon them prostrate bring	C2
For many a time the furious breeze	O
Would quick o'erthrow the girdled trees	O
And sometimes they would kill the cows	O
When they did feed on grass or brouse	O
But after reckoning damage all	M
A benefit was each windfall	M
Though good fortune now he sees	O
Might have been got from walnut trees	O
But trees were foes in his hurry	E
All were slain both oak and cherry	E
And to this day he doth incline	D2
To mourn o'er slaughter of the pine	D2
And reflects how he did o'erwhelm	J
Many a maple beach and elm	J
And each summer day did toil	I
With his steers drawing logs in pile	E2
These giants of the forest dead	F2
Fire did reduce to an ash bed	F2
And soon potatoes wheat and corn	Q
They did the rugged stumps adorn	Q
And Jane did help him with the hoe	A2
And well she did keep up her row	A2
No organs then they had to play	G2
But she could work and sing all day	G2
In spring he did live maples tap	H2
To draw from them the luscious sap	H2
He gathered it in big log trough	I2
Then boiled it down and sugared off	I2
Enough the household for to cheer	D
With all its sweets for the whole year	D
And no such thing those times were seen	S
As the swift raising stump machine	S
And where main road was low and damp	J2
With logs he built a road through swamp	K2
But a smooth ride could not enjoy	L2
While it was naught but corduroy	L2
Each year added earth and gravel	P
Now smoothly o'er they can travel	P
For it doth make an excellent road	M2
For John and Jane to go abroad	N2
And it is now a great highway	G2
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Where hundreds travel every day	G2
There were no roads in early days	O
But bridal path their guide the blaze	O
And mills and marts so far away	G2
They never could return same day	G2
Log school house served as church for all	M
Of various creeds and for Town Hall	M
These scenes to youth do now seem strange	O2
So wondrous quick hath been the change	O2
O'er paths where oxen only trod	P2
Cars quickly speed o'er the railroad	M2
And every way both up and down	Q2
There has sprung up a thriving town	Q2
No more he fights with Forest trees	O
But both enjoy their wealth and ease	O
Long since the old folks both are gone	R2
And left the whole to Jane and John	S2
The log house too hath passed away	G2
With all its chincks filled in with clay	G2
And in its place fine house of stone	T2
With lawn where choice shrubs are grown	T2
With sons and daughters they are blest	X
The young men say they'll move north west	X
This gives their mother some alarm	J
She wants them still on the home farm	J
But father will not have them tarry	E
They can plow so quick on prairie	E
And they find coal makes a good fire	B2
And build their fences of barbed wire	B2
They would not be forever gone	R2
As they could talk by telephone	T2

James Mcintyre

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