M'SIEU Paul Joulin, de Notaire Publique Is come I s'pose seexty year hees life An' de mos' riche man on Sainte Angelique W'en he feel very sorry he got no wife -- So he's paint heem hees buggy, lak new, by Gor! Put flower on hees coat, mak' hese'f more gay Arrange on hees head fine chapeau castor An' drive on de house of de Boulanger. For de Boulanger's got heem une jolie fille Mos' bes' lookin' girl on paroisse dey say An' all de young feller is lak Julie An' plaintee is ax her for mak' t hees girl she was get mariee Everybody's expec' he will do somet'ing, But he don't do not'ing at all, dey say; For he's got 'noder girl on Sainte Dorothee, Dat he's love long tam, an' she don't say "No," So he's forget too all about Julie An' mak' de mariee wit' hese'f also. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER [SEPTEMBER 1, 1862] by GEORGE HENRY BOKER FRIENDS BEYOND by THOMAS HARDY THE MULBERRY GARDEN: CHILD AND MAIDEN by CHARLES SEDLEY DOROTHY IN THE GARRET by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 9. GOING TO THE FAIR by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 32. AL-KHABIR by EDWIN ARNOLD TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH; ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS POEM, 'PETER BELL' by BERNARD BARTON |