The Canadian Magpie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADDD BEDEFFCG CGHGIEDB HEJEDGCG CCGCFFJF DJDJCGCG DDFDFDFD FJJJJBCB CJDJJJJJF| Mos' ev'ryman lak de robin | A |
| An' it's pleasan' for hear heem sing | B |
| Affer de winter 's over | C |
| An' it 's comin' anoder spring | B |
| De snow 's hardly off de mountain | A |
| An' it's cole too among de pine | D |
| But you know w'en he sing de sout' win' | D |
| Is crowdin' heem close behin' | D |
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| An' mebbe you hear de grosbec | B |
| Sittin' above de nes' | E |
| An' you see by de way he 's goin' | D |
| De ole man 's doin' hees bes' | E |
| Makin' de wife an' baby | F |
| Happy as dey can be | F |
| An' proud he was come de fader | C |
| Such fine leetle familee | G |
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| De gouglou of course he 's nicer | C |
| Dan many bird dat fly | G |
| Dunno w'at we do widout heem | H |
| But offen I wonder w'y | G |
| He can't stay quiet a minute | I |
| Lak res' of de small oiseaux | E |
| An' finish de song he's startin' | D |
| Till whish an' away he go | B |
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| Got not'ing to say agen dem | H |
| De gouglou an' all de res' | E |
| 'Cept only dey lak de comfort | J |
| An' come w'en it suit dem bes' | E |
| For soon as de summer 's passin' | D |
| An' leaf is begin to fall | G |
| You'll w lk t'roo de wood an' medder | C |
| An' never hear wan bird call | G |
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| But come wit' me on de winter | C |
| On place w'ere de beeg tree grow | C |
| De smoke of de log house chimley | G |
| Will tole you de way to go | C |
| An' if you 're not too unlucky | F |
| De w'iskey jack dere you'll see | F |
| Flyin' aroun' de shaintee | J |
| An' dat was de bird for me | F |
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| You 'll mebbe not lak hees singin' | D |
| Dough it 's better dan not'ing too | J |
| For affer he do hees bes' den | D |
| W'at more can poor Johnnie do | J |
| It 's easy job sing on summer | C |
| De sam ' as de rossignol | G |
| But out of door on de winter | C |
| Jus' try youse'f dat 's all | G |
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| See heem dere now he's comin' | D |
| Hoppin' an' hoppin' aroun' | D |
| W'en we start on de morning early | F |
| For work till de sun go down | D |
| T'row heem hees piece of breakfas' | F |
| An' hear heem say 'merci bien' | D |
| For he's fond on de pork ba golly | F |
| Sam ' as de Canayen | D |
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| De noise of de axe don't scare heem | F |
| He stay wit' us all de day | J |
| An' w'en he was feelin' lak' it | J |
| Ride home wit' de horse an' sleigh | J |
| Den affer we reach de shaintee | J |
| He 's waitin' to see us back | B |
| Jompin' upon de log dere | C |
| Good leetle w'iskey lack | B |
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| So here 's to de bird of winter | C |
| Wearin' de coonskin coat | J |
| W'enever it 's bird election | D |
| You bet he can get ma vote | J |
| Dat 's way I be feel about it | J |
| Voyageurs let her go today | J |
| W'iskey jack get ready we drink you | J |
| Toujours vot' bonne sant | J |
| Bapt me | F |
William Henry Drummond
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