National Policy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE FGGGHAAI HJKJCGEG HCACGFLF JCHCMCNJ FBGBGBEB AAGABAGA AACAJGFG CJCCJCKC| Oor fader lef' ole France behin' dat's | A |
| many year ago | B |
| An' how we get along since den wall ev'ry | C |
| body know | B |
| Few t'ousan' firse class familee was only come | D |
| dat tam | E |
| An' now we got pure Canayens t'ee million | F |
| peop' bedamme | E |
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| Dat's purty smart beez neese I t'ink we done | F |
| on Canadaw | G |
| An' we don't mak' no grande hooraw but do | G |
| it tranquillement | G |
| So if we're braggin' now an' den we mus' be | H |
| excuzay | A |
| For no wan's never see before de record bus' | A |
| dat way | I |
| - | |
| An' w'y should we be feel ashame 'cos we | H |
| have boy an' girl | J |
| No matter who was come along we'll match | K |
| agen de worl' | J |
| Wit plaintee boy lak w'at we got no danger | C |
| be afraid | G |
| An' all de girl she look too nice for never come | E |
| ole maid | G |
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| If we have only small cor nere de sam' we | H |
| have before | C |
| W'en ole Champlain an' Jacques Cartier firse | A |
| jomp upon de shore | C |
| Dere's no use hurry den at all but now you | G |
| understan' | F |
| We got to whoop it up ba gosh for occupy | L |
| de lan' | F |
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| W'at's use de million acre w'at's use de belle | J |
| riviere | C |
| An' t'ing lak dat if we don't have somebody | H |
| leevin' dere | C |
| W'at's mak' de worl' look out for us an' kip | M |
| de nation free | C |
| Unless we're raison' all de tam some fine large | N |
| familee | J |
| - | |
| Don't seem long we buil' dat road Chemin | F |
| de Pacifique | B |
| Tak' honder dollar pass on dere an' nearly two | G |
| t'ree week | B |
| Den look dat place it freeze so hard on w'at | G |
| you call Klon dak | B |
| Wall if we have to fill dem up we got some | E |
| large contrac' | B |
| - | |
| Of course we're not doin' bad jus' now so | A |
| ev'rybody say | A |
| But we dunno de half we got on Canadaw to | G |
| day | A |
| An' still she's comin' beeger an' never mak' | B |
| no fuss | A |
| So if we don't look out firse t'ing she'll get | G |
| ahead of us | A |
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| De more I t'ink de more I'm scare de way | A |
| she grow so fas' | A |
| An' worse of all it's hard to say how long de | C |
| boom'll las' | A |
| But if she don't go slower an' ease up leetle | J |
| bit | G |
| Bimeby de Canayens will be some dead bird on | F |
| de pit | G |
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| Den ev'ry body hip hooraw an' sen' de | C |
| familee | J |
| Along de reever t'roo de wood an' on de | C |
| grande prairie | C |
| Dat's only way I'm t'inkin arrange de w'ole | J |
| affaire | C |
| An' mebbe affer w le dere won't be too moche | K |
| lan' for spare | C |
William Henry Drummond
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