De Papineau Gun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC CEFE GBHB ICCJ EJC JKGK LJEJ KEME CJNJ IJOI JCJC CBEB JCKC PIEI ICJC ICCJ| AN INCIDENT OF THE CANADIAN REBELLION OF | A |
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| Bon jour M'sieu' you want to know | B |
| 'Bout dat ole gun w'at good she's for | C |
| W'y Jean Bateese Bruneau mon pere | D |
| Fight wit' dat gun on Pap'neau War | C |
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| Long tam since den you say C'est vrai | C |
| An' me too young for 'member well | E |
| But how de patriot fight an' die | F |
| I offen hear de ole folk tell | E |
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| De English don't ack square dat tam | G |
| Don't geev de habitants no show | B |
| So 'long come Wolfred Nelson | H |
| Wit' Louis Joseph Papineau | B |
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| An' swear de peep mus' have deir right | I |
| Wolfred he's write Victoriaw | C |
| But she's no good so den de war | C |
| Commence among de habitants | J |
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| Mon pere he leev to Grande Brul | E |
| So smarter man you never see | J |
| Was alway on de grande hooraw | C |
| Plaintee w'at you call 'Esprit ' | - |
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| An' w'en dey form wan compagnie | J |
| All dress wit' tuque an' ceinture sash | K |
| Ma fader tak' hees gun wit' heem | G |
| An' marche away to Saint Eustache | K |
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| W'ere many patriots was camp | L |
| Wit' brave Chenier deir Capitaine | J |
| W'en 'long come English Generale | E |
| An' more two t'ousan' sojer man | J |
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| De patriot dey go on church | K |
| An' feex her up deir possibill | E |
| Dey fight deir bes' but soon fin' out | M |
| 'Canon de bois' no good for kill | E |
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| An' den de church she come on fire | C |
| An' burn almos' down to de groun' | J |
| So w'at you t'ink our man can do | N |
| Wit' all dem English armee roun' | J |
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| 'Poleon hees sojer never fight | I |
| More brave as dem poor habitants | J |
| Chenier he try for broke de rank | O |
| Chenier come dead immediatement | I |
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| He fall near w'ere de cross is stan' | J |
| Upon de ole church cimitiere | C |
| Wit' Jean Poulin an' Laframboise | J |
| An' plaintee more young feller dere | C |
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| De gun dey rattle lak' tonnere | C |
| Jus' bang bang bang dat's way she go | B |
| An' wan by wan de brave man's fall | E |
| An' red blood's cover all de snow | B |
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| Ma fader shoot so long he can | J |
| An' den he's load hees gun some more | C |
| Jomp on de ice behin' de church | K |
| An' pass heem on de 'noder shore | C |
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| Wall he reach home fore very long | P |
| An' keep perdu for many day | I |
| Till ev'ry t'ing she come tranquille | E |
| An' sojer man all gone away | I |
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| An' affer dat we get our right | I |
| De Canayens don't fight no more | C |
| Ma fader's never shoot dat gun | J |
| But place her up above de door | C |
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| An' Papineau an' Nelson too | I |
| Dey're gone long tam but we are free | C |
| Le Bon Dieu have 'em 'way up dere | C |
| Salut Wolfred Salut Louis | J |
William Henry Drummond
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