Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PETITE STE. ROSALIE, by SUSAN FRANCES HARRISON


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PETITE STE. ROSALIE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Father couture loves a fricassee
Last Line: He's a sensible curé, so jolly and free!
Alternate Author Name(s): Seranus; Frances, Susan
Subject(s): Catholics; Clergy; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


Father Couture loves a fricassee,
Serv'd with a sip of home-made wine,
He is the Curé, so jolly and free,

And lives in Petite Ste. Rosalie.
On Easter Sunday when one must dine,
Father Couture loves a fricassee.

No stern ascetic, no stoic is he,
Preaching a rigid right divine.
He is the Curé, so jolly and free,

That while he maintains his dignity,
When Lent is past and the weather is fine,
Father Couture loves a fricassee.

He kills his chicken himself—on dit,
And who is there dare the deed malign?
He is the Curé, so jolly and free.

Open and courteous, fond of a fee,
The village deity, bland and benign,
Father Couture loves a fricassee,
He's a sensible Curé, so jolly and free!





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