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Is it only twelve mont' I play de fool	A
You're sure it 's correc' ma dear	B
I 'm glad for hearin' you spik dat way	C
For I t'ink it was twenty year	B
Since leffin' de leetle ole house below	D
I mak' wit' ma own two han'	E
For go on dat fine beeg place up dere	B
Mon Dieu I'm de crazy man	E
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You 'member we 're not very riche cherie	B
Dat tam we 're beginnin' life	F
Mese'f I'm twenty an' you eighteen	E
W'en I 'm bringin' you home ma wife	F
Many de worry an' troub' we got	G
An' some of dem was n't small	H
But not very long dey bodder us	I
For we work an' forget dem all	H
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An' you was de savin' woman too	J
Dere 's nobody beat you dere	B
An' I laugh w'en I t'ink of de tam you go	D
Over on Trois Rivieres	K
For payin' de bank you know how moche	L
We 're owin' for dat new place	M
W 'at was he sayin' de nice young man	E
Smilin' upon hees face	M
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W'en he got dat monee was all pure gole	H
Come down on your familee	H
For honder year an' mebbe more	B
'Ma dame you 're excusin' me	B
But w'ere was you gettin' dis nice gole coin	E
Of Louis Quatorze hees tam	N
Wit' hees face on back of dem ev 'ry wan	E
For dey 're purty scase now Ma dam '	-
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An' you say 'Dat 's not'ing at all M'sieu	M
Ma familee get dem t'ing	O
I suppose it's very long tam ago	D
W'en Louis Quatorze is King	O
An' I'm sorry poor feller he 's comin' dead	P
An' not leevin here to day	C
'Cos man should be good on hees frien' M'sieu'	M
W'en de monee he mak' dat way '	-
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Yass ev 'ry wan know we 're workin' hard	Q
An' savin' too all dem year	B
But nobody see us starve ourse'f	F
Dere 's plaintee to eat don 't fear	B
Bimeby our chil'ren dey 're growin' up	R
So we're doin' de bes' we can	E
Settle dem off on de firse good chance	M
An' geevin' dem leetle lan'	E
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An'den de troub' is begin to show	D
W 'en our daughter poor Caroline	E
Sha marry dat lawyer on Trois Rivieres	M
De beeges' fool never seen	E
Alway come home ev'ry summer sure	B
Bringin' her familee	H
All right for de chil'ren I don't min' dem	N
But de husban' sapree maudit	Q
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I wish I was close ma ear right off	F
W'en he talk of our leetle house	M
Dough I know w'en familee's comin' home	N
Dere is n't moche room for a mouse	M
He say 'Riche man lak youse'f can't leev'	F
On shaintee lak dis below	H
W'en t'ousan' dollar will buil' fin' place	M
Up on de hill en haut '	-
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An' he talk about gallerie all aroun'	E
W'ere we sit on de summer night	Q
Watchin' de star on de sky above	F
W'ile de moon she was shinin' bright	Q
Could plant some apple tree dere also	H
An' flower an' I dunno w'at	Q
An' w'en de sun he 's begin to rise	M
Look at de view we got	Q
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Den he bring 'noder feller from Trois Rivieres	M
An' show w'at he call de plan	E
For makin' dem house on de w'ole contree	B
Mon Dieu how I hate dat man	E
'Cos he 's talkin' away nearly all de tam	N
Lak trotter upon de race	M
Wall affer a w'ile we mak' our min'	E
For havin' dat nice new place	M
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So dey go ahead an' we let dem go	H
But stuff dey was t'row away	C
I 'm watchin' for dat an' I save mese'f	F
Mebbe twenty five cent a day	C
For you 're surely cheat if you don't tak' care	B
Very offen we fin' dat 's true	B
An' affer de house she was finish up	R
We 're geevin' it nam' Bellevue	B
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O yass I know we enjoy ourse'f	B
W'en our frien' dey was comin' roun'	E
An' say 'Dat 's very fine place you got	Q
Dere's not'ing upon de town	E
Or anyw'ere else for honder mile	H
Dis house Bellevue can touch	L
An' den let de horse eat de garden fence	M
Non we don't enjoy dat so moche	L
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An' of course we can't say not'ing at all	H
For it 's not correc' t'ing you know	E
But 'Never min' dat an' please come again	E
I'm sorry you got to go '	-
Bapt me w'en I'm seeing beeg feller bus'	M
Our two dollar easy chair	B
Can't help it at all I got to go	E
Down on de cellar an' swear	B
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An' w'ere did we leev' on dat belle maison	E
Wan room an' de kitchen dat 's all	H
An' plaintee too for de man an' wife	B
An' you 'member de tam I fall	H
Off on de gallerie wan dark night	Q
I los' mese'f tryin' fin'	E
De winder dere on de grande parloir	B
For closin' it up de blin'	E
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An' al de tam de poor leetle house	M
Is down on de road below	E
I t'ink she was jealous dat fine new place	M
Up on de hill en haut	Q
For O she look lonesome by herse'f	B
De winder all broke an' gone	E
No smoke on de chimney comin' out	Q
No frien' stannin' dere not wan	E
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You 'member too w'en de fever come	N
An' ketch us wan winter day	C
W'at he call de shaintee our son in law	H
Dat 's w'ere dey pass away	C
Xavier Zo an' Euchariste	C
Our chil'ren wan two t'ree	B
I offen t'ink of de room dey die	C
An' I can't help cryin' me	B
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So we 'll go on de ole house once again	E
Long enough we been fool lak dis	M
Never min' w'at dey say bimeby ma chere	B
But geeve me de leetle kiss	M
Let dem stay on dat fine new place up dere	B
Our daughter an' son in law	H
For to morrow soon as de sun will rise	M
We 're goin' back home Hooraw	B

William Henry Drummond

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