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The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems

William Henry Drummond · 1897

Original text in English.

Poems in English tinged with French, in which the voice of the habitants of Quebec is transcribed by a Montreal doctor.

Poetry · 25 parts · about 19 000 words · about 1 h 21 of reading

Contents

1. TO MY DEAR FRIEND AND FORMER TEACHER1 min
2. PREFACE1 min
3. DE HABITANT4 min
4. THE WRECK OF THE "JULIE PLANTE."1 min
5. LE VIEUX TEMPS5 min
6. "DE PAPINEAU GUN."2 min
7. HOW BATEESE CAME HOME5 min
8. DE NICE LEETLE CANADIENNE1 min
9. 'POLEON DORÉ4 min
10. DE NOTAIRE PUBLIQUE2 min
11. A CANADIAN VOYAGEUR'S ACCOUNT OF THE NILE EXPEDITION4 min
12. MEMORIES2 min
13. PHIL-O-RUM JUNEAU8 min
14. DE BELL OF ST. MICHEL2 min
15. PELANG4 min
16. MON CHOUAL "CASTOR."3 min
17. OLE TAM ON BORD-A PLOUFFE3 min
18. THE GRAND SEIGNEUR1 min
19. M'SIEU SMIT7 min
20. WHEN ALBANI SANG5 min
21. DE CAMP ON DE "CHEVAL GRIS."4 min
22. DE STOVE PIPE HOLE4 min
23. "DE SNOWBIRD."1 min
24. THE HABITANT'S JUBILEE ODE3 min
25. OLE DOCTEUR FISET3 min

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