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First Line: Victoriaw: she have beeg war, e-gyp's de nam' de place
Last Line: An' mak' de mariee wit' hese'f also.


VICTORIAW: she have beeg war, E-gyp's de nam' de place --
An' neeger peep dat's leev 'im dere, got very black de face,
An' so she's write Joseph Mercier, he's stop on Trois Rivieres --
"Please come right Grande Moulin."

But Julie she say "Non, non, M'Sieu Paul,
Dat's not correc' t'ing for poor Jeremie
For I love dat young feller lak not'ing at all,
An' I'm very surprise you was not know me.
Jeremie w'en he's geev me dat nice gol' ring,
Las' tam he's gone off on de Mattawa
Say he's got 'noder wan w'en he's come nex' spring
Was mak' me for sure Madame Dandurand.

"I t'ank you de sam' M'Sieu Paul Joulin
I s'pose I mus' be de wife wan poor man
Wit' no chance at all for de Grande Moulin,
But leev all de tam on some small cabane."
De Notaire Publique den is tak' hees hat,
For he t'ink sure enough dat hees dog she's dead;
Dere's no use mak' love on de girl lak dat,
Wit' not'ing but young feller on de head.

Julie she's feel lonesome mos' all dat week,
Don't know w'at may happen she wait till spring
Den t'ink de fine house of Notaire Publique
An' plaintee more too -- but love's funny t'ing!
So nex' tam she see de Notaire again,
She laugh on her eye an' say "M'Sieu Paul
Please pass on de house, or you ketch de rain,
Dat's very long tam you don't come at all."

She's geev him so soon he's come on de door
Du vin de pays, an' some nice galettes,
She's mak' dem herse'f only day before
An' he say "Bigosh! dat is fine girl yet."
So he's try hees chances some more -- hooraw!
Julie is not mak' so moche troub' dis tam;
She's forget de poor Jeremie Dandurand
An' tole de Notaire she will be hees famme.

W'en Jeremie come off de wood nex' spring,
An' fin' dat 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.





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