Roughing It In The Bush, By Susanna Moodie











































































































































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The ould dhragoon, despising his wife's admonitions, gave way
freely to his feelings, and knew no bounds to his hilarity - Page 418
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The "Ould Dhragoon," Despising His Wife's Admonitions, Gave Way Freely To His Feelings, And Knew No Bounds To His Hilarity.

He laughed and joked, and sang snatches of old songs picked up in the course of his service at home and abroad.

At length Judy, who looked on him as a "raal janius," begged him to "sing the gintlemens the song he made when he first came to the counthry." Of course we ardently seconded the motion, and nothing loth, the old man, throwing himself back on his stool, and stretching out his long neck, poured forth the following ditty, with which I shall conclude my hasty sketch of the "ould dhragoon": -

Och! it's here I'm intirely continted, In the wild woods of swate 'Mericay; God's blessing on him that invinted Big ships for our crossing the say!

Here praties grow bigger nor turnips; And though cruel hard is our work, In ould Ireland we'd nothing but praties, But here we have praties and pork.

I live on the banks of a meadow, Now see that my maning you take; It bates all the bogs of ould Ireland - Six months in the year it's a lake.

Bad luck to the beavers that dammed it! I wish them all kilt for their pains; For shure though the craters are clever, Tis sartin they've drown'd my domains.

I've built a log hut of the timber That grows on my charmin' estate; And an illigant root-house erected, Just facing the front of my gate.

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