Ole Docteur Fiset Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DBEEB FABBA G EEA AFAAH EIEEI AJAIJ AFII EFAAF KIIK FAAAA FILLI KLIIL F FFF AIAAA AFFF| Ole Docteur Fiset of Saint Anicet | A |
| Sapr tonnerre he was leev long tam | B |
| I'm sure he's got ninety year or so | C |
| Beat all on de Parish 'cept Pierre Courteau | C |
| An' day affer day he work all de sam' | B |
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| Dat house on de hill you can see it still | D |
| She's sam' place he buil' de firs' tam' he come | B |
| Behin' it dere's one leetle small jardin | E |
| Got plaintee de bes' tabac Canayen | E |
| Wit' fameuse apple an' beeg blue plum | B |
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| An' dey're all right dere for de small boy's scare | F |
| No matter de apple look nice an' red | A |
| For de small boy know if he's stealin' some | B |
| Den Docteur Fiset on dark night he come | B |
| An' cut leetle feller right off hees head | A |
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| But w'en dey was rap an' tak' off de cap | G |
| M'sieu' le Docteur he will say 'Entrez ' | - |
| Den all de boy pass on jardin behin' | E |
| W'ere dey eat mos' ev'ryt'ing good dey fin' | E |
| Till dey can't go on school nearly two t'ree day | A |
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| But Docteur Fiset not moche fonne he get | A |
| Drivin' all over de whole contree | F |
| If de road she's bad if de road she's good | A |
| W'en ev'ryt'ing's drown on de Spring tam flood | A |
| An' workin' for not'ing half tam' mebbe | H |
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| Let her rain or snow all he want to know | E |
| Is jus' if anywan's feelin' sick | I |
| For Docteur Fiset's de ole fashion kin' | E |
| Doin' good was de only t'ing on hees min' | E |
| So he got no use for de politique | I |
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| An' he's careful too 'cos firs' t'ing he do | A |
| For fear dere was danger some fever case | J |
| Is tak' w'en he's come leetle w'isky chaud | A |
| Den 'noder wan too jus' before he go | I |
| He's so scare carry fever aroun' de place | J |
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| On nice summer day w'en we're makin' hay | A |
| Dere's not'ing more pleasant for us I'm sure | F |
| Dan see de ole man come joggin' along | I |
| Alway singin' some leetle song | I |
| An' hear heem say 'Tiens mes amis Bonjour ' | - |
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| An' w'en de cole rain was commence again | E |
| An' we're sittin' at home on some warm cornerre | F |
| If we hear de buggy an' see de light | A |
| Tearin' along t'roo de black black night | A |
| We know right off dat's de ole Docteur | F |
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| An' he's smart horse sure w'at he call 'Faubourg ' | - |
| Ev'ry place on de Parish he know dem all | K |
| An' you ought to see de nice way he go | I |
| For fear he's upsettin' upon de snow | I |
| W'en ole man's asleep on de cariole | K |
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| I 'member w'en poor Hormisdas Couture | F |
| Get sick on hees place twenty mile away | A |
| An' hees boy Ovide he was come 'Raquette' | A |
| W'at you call 'Snowshoe ' for Docteur Fiset | A |
| An' Docteur he start wit' hees horse an' sleigh | A |
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| All de night before de beeg storm she roar | F |
| An' mos' of de day it's de sam' also | I |
| De drif' was pilin' up ten feet high | L |
| You can't see not'ing dis side de sky | L |
| Not'ing but wan avalanche of snow | I |
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| I'm hearin' de bell w'en I go on de well | K |
| For water de cattle on barn close by | L |
| But I only ketch sight of hees cheval blanc | I |
| An' hees coonskin coat wit' de capuchon | I |
| An' de storm tak' heem off jus' de sam' he fly | L |
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| Mus' be le Bon Dieu dat is help him t'roo | F |
| Ole Docteur Fiset an' hees horse 'Faubourg ' | - |
| 'Twas somet'ing for splain me wall I don't care | F |
| But somehow or 'noder he's gettin' dere | F |
| An' save de life Hormisdas Couture | F |
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| But it's sam' alway lak' dat ev'ry day | A |
| He never was spare hese'f pour nous autres | I |
| He don't mak' moche monee Docteur Fiset | A |
| An' offen de only t'ing he was get | A |
| Is de prayer of poor man an' wan bag of oat | A |
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| Wall Docteur Fiset of Saint Anicet | A |
| He is not dead yet an' I'm purty sure | F |
| If you're passin' dat place about ten year more | F |
| You will see heem go roun' lak' he go before | F |
| Wit' de ole cariole an' hees horse 'Faubourg ' | - |
William Henry Drummond
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