Bateese is get it on hees head, he's too moche educate For mak' de habitant farmerre-he better go on State- An' so wan summer evening we're drivin' home de cow He's tole me all de whole BEEZ-nesse-jus' lak you hear me now.
"The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems"
William Henry Drummond
Dat's warm heem up, an den he eat mos' ev'ryt'ing he see, I watch de w'ole BEEZ-nesse mese'f-Monjee!
"The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems"
William Henry Drummond
So Joe arrange de whole BEEZ-nesse wit' Queen Victoriaw; Two dollar day-work all de tam-dat's purty good l'argent!
"The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems"
William Henry Drummond