^, > IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) *?• 1.0 lAaM2.8 12.5 ut lU i2.2 ttj ij^ iiii « '*& 12.0 I I.I ^ list U^ ,:*?- Photogr^hic Sciences Corporation ^^ ^"^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14SS0 (716) •72-4503 ^ ^^^ '■ ':'^" ■ ..[:.: CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICMH Collection de microfiches. i^ > Canadian tnstitute for Historical Microreproductions / institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques i^ 4 Tachnieal and Bibliographic Notaa/Notaa tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa Tha Inatituta haa anamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of ttiia copy which may ba bibliographically uniqua. which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction. or which may aignificantly changa tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chaekad baiow. □ Colourad covara/ Couvartura da coulcur I — I Covera damagad/ Couvartura andommagAa □ Covara raatorad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura raataurAa at/ou palliculAa □ Covar titia miaaing/ La titra da couvartura manqu* n Colourad mapa/ Cartaa gAographiquaa an coulaur D D D D D Colourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or black)/ Encra da coukiur (i.a. autra qif blaua ou noira) pn Colourad plataa and/or illuatrationa/ Planchaa at/ou illuatrationa an coulaur Bound with othar matarial/ Ralii avac d'autraa documanta Tight binding may cauaa thadowa or diatortion along intarior margin/ Laraliura sarrAa paut cauaar da i'ombra ou da la diatoraion la long do la marga Int^ieura Blank laavaa addad during raatoration may appear within tha taxt. Whanavar poaaibia. thaaa hava baan omittad from filming/ II aa paut qua eartainaa pagaa blanchaa ajoutiaa lora d'una raatauration apparaiaaant dana la taxta, mala, loraqua cala Atait poaaibia. caa pagaa n'ont paa «t« filmtea. Additional commanta:/ Commontairaa supplAmantairaa: L'Inatitut a microfiimA la maiilaur axamplaira qu'il lui a itA poaaibia da aa procurar. Laa dAtails da cat axamplaira qui aont paut-Atra uniquaa du point da vua bibliographiqua, qui pauvant modif iar una imaga raproduita. ou qui pauvant axigar una modification dan« la mAthoda normala da filmaga aont indlquAa ci-daaaoua. D D Thia itam ia fiimad at tha raduction ratio chaekad baiow/ Ca document aat fiimA au taux da rAduction indiquA ci-daaaoua. Colourad pagaa/ Pagaa da coulaur r~1 Pagaa damagad/ Pagaa andommagAaa Pagaa raatorad and/oi Pagaa raataurAaa at^ou palliculAaa Pagaa diacolourad. atainad or foxai Pagaa dAcolorAaa. tachatAaa ou piquAas Pagaa datachad/ Pagaa dAtachAaa Showthrough/ Tranaparanca Quality of prir QualitA inAgala da I'impraaaion Includaa auppiamantary matarii Comprand du matAriai tupplAmantaira Only adition availabia/ Saula Adition diaponibia pn Pagaa raatorad and/or laminatad/ rri Pagaa diacolourad. atainad or foxad/ I I Pagaa datachad/ r~n Showthrough/ pn Quality of print variaa/ rn Includaa auppiamantary matarial/ I — I Only adition availabia/ to pc of fil on b« th ai( ot fir ai< or Pagaa wholly or partially obacurad by errata alipa, tiaauaa. ate. hava baan rafilmad to anaura tha baat poaaibia imaga/ Laa pagaa totalamant ou partiallamant obacurciaa par un fauillat d'arrata. una palura. ate, ont AtA filmAaa A nouyaau da fapon A obtanir la maillaura imaga poaaibia. Th ah Til wl Ml dif an^ ba rig rac me ■-'^:: 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X >/ 12X 10X aox a4x 28X nx Th« copy filmed hw Km b««n r«produc«d thanks to th* g«n«rotity of: Ralph PMuird Ml Lihrary Mount AlUton Univanity L'oxomplairo film* f ut roproduit grico i la «^*«3!Sfl*&rd Ball Library IMount AlliMNi Univarrity Th« imafl«w appaaring hara ara tha baat quality posaibia conaidaring tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and in icaaping with tha filming contract spaclficatlona. Laa imagaa auh^antaa ont 4tA raproduitaa avac la plua grand aoin, compta tanu da la condition at da la nattatA da i'axamplaira filmA. at an conformitA avac 3as conditiona du contrat da filmaga. Original copiaa In printad papar covara ara fiimad beginning with tha front covar and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- aion, or tha ImcIc covar whan appropriata. All othar original copiaa ara fiimad beginning on tha first paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- sion, and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illuatratad imprassion. Laa axampiairaa orlginaux dont la couvartura an papiar aat imprimia aont filmto an comman^nt par la pramlar plat at an tarminant aolt par la damlAra paga qui comporta una ampra'nta d'impraaaion ou d'illuatration, aolt par ia second plat, aelon ie caa. Tova lea autrea exemplairaa orlginaux aont fiim^a an commen^ant par la pramlAre paga qui comporta une empreinte d'impreaaion ou d'illuatration at an terminant par la damlAre page qui comporte une telle emprelnte. The last recorded frome on each microfiche ahaii contain tha aymboi ^»> (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol y (meening "END"), whichever appliaa. Un dea aymbolea auhranta apparattre aur la darnlAre image de chaqua microfiche, aelon Ie cas: la aymbola — »• aignHia "A 8UIVRE", Ie aymbole y aignifie "FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure ara fiimad beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many framea as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Lea cartea, planchaa, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAa A dea taux de rAduction diff Arenta. Loraque la document eat trap grand pour Atra reprodult en un seui cilchA. 11 est fiimA A partir de I'angle aupArieur geuche. de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, an prenant la nombre d'images nAcessaire. Las diagrammea suivanta iliuatrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ixZ Sw^in^- R-c/i- m V - ■ 1 ■ >• V J ' ■ - .i Nostrl Veteres Versus ubi sunt. NATIONAL BALLADS OB* CANADA, («>:• IMITATED AND TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINALS BY «« • i U ^ w X rfe^w [ontrtal: PKTHTED BY JOHN LOVELL. 1865. \ 'r: S**^' ^Sniin "^lu »u«t4»>V ttm&i'&S/ i'flti££j>lf m '« , '%?i W'* : lflSlt«0li I'i'roi v-jjra Til' frBTT^m-^ 4 > ¥<: ^vxttiA* I- II y^a longiemps que je t'aime, Jamais je ne t'ouhlierai. /^ 38(>08 I::-:: , w \% " c J s .7: , •a 'i 'j:' 'w -1 VffA-Wt* .;4 ,* •/ /f J«?hi. M^ m »1 .5*' '3; ■'■' iv^if'C' .» ; 5' ■ 4 ^.'•^.-j'--iH--:St-f-'^y'.p:// , ci S5 '.^ . r -^' ■i h i *t' f f- |.^ J' ■^- - i m CONTENTS. A la Claire Fontainid 7 Trois Fillefl d'un Prince 8 Gai, gai, le rosier.. ,..l......>...l. .......[... 9 !A. Saint Halo, beau port de mor 10 Dans les Prisons de Nantes 11 Isabeau s'y promdne 18 En Roulant ma Boule 14 ; >v'' « 4 t *' ',. .V ' 4 '.'■■'' ^' -!•(' • » *' > •• 1 ^ - ^ -;^ ^ ^ "!v& / i ',%, j'":.*' * * * hf - . i I' ■-/■ S \: .■'W 01 il axKa.TKiX) ....- .• — Miaijio*? fftttji^ «t A, . ... ,..s>«)Rh*l aa'h aoHtl «ioi t ..»^.....,.. ;.,. --t'>lacn pilfers ,i»i.> ...*(>.< fM '/. 06 ;i aaii 1*1 -mi >fl#l%'tU. >'tt • tjtfw ■' L .<■ _•, c-^ I I' i 4 •1I % NATIONAL BALLADS. tihU ... 1^ 1^ III (SiUin J«»t»i^«^ h/ Of yonder crystal stream, *^' The waters were so fair, That as I passed I paused, And went and bathed me there. (I'tc loved you long, I love you yet, And you I never can forget, l^^^ ^Tnifiii by thfe stream T sat, ■ • Under the maple's boughs. The cool wind stirred my hair, And fanned and dried my brows. '^^h^:(i.:-^A\ ■ And there amid the boughs b-rfhi)!! Of that fair maple tree, -mi'T f A nightingale there was,— r- aai x>i{X Right merrily sang he.ai^ r?rfT Sing, oh nightingale, sing, ham il Sing thou whose heart is glad ; Thy heart is merry and gay, art t , And mine is weary and sad T a(£A- '<^ That rose, and. briar, and all i* Were east in yonder sea, — ^^^^>^ «ntf hx^K '>7 I \ i I I I I 3 Were sunk in yonder sea, Were sunk in yonder main '; * And that my love and I ''h^frS Were friends — were friends again. Behind my father' s house " ' < • f ' / There is a pleasant tree, » i< ^ The leaves upon its boughs are green, The fruit like gold to see. It was a king's three daughters ^ < Asleep beneath a tree, <'(< The youngest said, my sisters, v I V The light of day I see. » uA trv^^ Si/w' I ^ yj^TICUfAI. BAU^AIM. Then up and spake the eldest, In all the skies above I only see a single star iJ ''*s?i' •'^» That shines to light my love. 3iy love has gone to battle ^^n Down by tLe distant sea, .^^tj /^ And if he win the battle, ^ ' ,| , His meed my love sh^U be. [7/ r . ■ Then up and spake the fairest, (And her sweet eyes were wet,) Whether my Knight shall win or lose, His shall my love be yet. . So then those three fair sisters ^^'-^ Looked to the skies above ; ^ Oh let them win, or let them lose, Theirs always is our love. A^ CO Behind my father's hou^e, ^\^, m\A"\ A wood there is so gay, The nightingale sings there 't> '»ofii'i' All night and all the day. w t^^inj ^J.. , ■ .1. 10 NATIONAL BALLADS. ■ -.i'- .i,r« 1 ■7.. if i " He sings for those fair dames •! 1 Who have no husbands gay ; He singeth not for me, Mine is — is far away. I have a husband brave, Bui he is far from me, A prisoner to the Dutch, In Holland bideth he. What would'st thou give him, love. Who brought him back to thee ? Oh, he should have Sorel, Quebec, and St. Denys ! Oh, he should have Quebec, Sorel, and St. Denys ! Dost know this ring my love Oh joy, joy, thou art he ! ^ jiftittt P»lo htm pctt U txitx. Saint Maloes looketh on the sea ; Three ships there in the harbor be, ' Three ships there in the harbor be, ; Laden with grain right heavily, — L^ kX ■, •.>.'>• (^ouu^ tJ- GTh ^ v<^r •'•■*i-'::> I VATIOVAL UAhlADa. U ^ Laden with grain right heavily. „|>; To buy it forth went women three, =(i To buy it forth went women three : Merchant, what may your prices be ?, ; Merchant, what may your prices be ? p Six francs the corn, the oats for three, ^^ 2 Six. francs the corn, the oats for three. . Too dear by half your prices be. Too dear by half your prices be. If better you can elsewhere see, If better you can elsewhere see. Then take it all and take if free. Then take it all and take it free At that price we shan't disagree. •, >iM/)' s;- 11 ' f ; .'■ < ^nn Ufi ^ti^anfn At B^nU^* In Nantes prison underground, • ^ ' ' ? Hand and foot is the prisoner bound. No one sees him night or day, ' ' ' ' But the gaoler's daughter young and gay : 12 VATlOTXJil. BALCADS. She carrxei him a daily store ^ ''' ^^ 'i>^»^^ Of bread and water, nothing more. * •^'^' One day he asked her suAieriy, 1^^'^ ^ ^ Whut have the people saM of me ? ^ ' ^- The people all have saM of thee, ^^"^i *^^' To-morrovr thou diest on gallows tree. "^^ Since I must die I pray thee, sweety ^^^ Undo these fetters from my feet. ^^ ^*'^^ The girl has stooped her willingly, '^*' ^ And soon the prisoner's feet are free. ' ^ The prisoner stood up fearlessly, '*' ^^ And cast himself into the sea ; At the first plunge the eddies sweep In the deep centre of the deep ^ At the second plunge they parted wide. And he came out safe on the farther side. :ji\ I ■ h He turned him round defiantly, Kn^ I trow a merry song sang he : n,l. God bless all women where'er they be, And the gaoler's daughter especially. MAinOirAL 3A!LLArS>», 18 A r If I see Naates again, by my life The gaoler's daughter shall be my i?ffe. -■.'.i<- . '■r-rrr—-'-^- ■ I ill i i ) J 1. / If Isabel, of the lily white hand, {The wind is sighing in the sedge,) Was walking alone on the brown sea saxid (By the loat^r's edge, the water's edge.) . There she met three sailors, blithe and strong, And the youngest sang a wonderful song, And the maiden listened and listened long, — Fain would I learn thy wonderful song. My bark rides yonder on the sea, ; ^ ,, , So come, and I will teach it thee. But when they had reached the sailor's bark, The maiden's sunny brows grew dark. What evil chance hath happened thee That tears in those blue eyes I see ? •'•1 \> n.iiA. iJtiiVv' iniJ .-1 iu'i mother my gave S ■ ]•...•!. ■Mi Is fallen into the deep blU^ sea. ( I ''7 ■!}t,- dry thine eyes, my lady fair/i;^ oo>^ I 11 And I will dive and find it there; »« ^ulT He dived once into the deep blue sea, — Never a ring to the top brought he ; He dived twice into the deep blue sea, And the ring it flashed right gallantly ;f*f^ He dived thrice into the deep blue sea,— jT/ Never again to the top came he. ^< •\^ \\VV> '>»,!.' jjrt' The wind is fresh, the wind is free, . K > »' The wind is fresh, — my love waits me. Behind our house a spring you see, In it three ducks swim merrily; . '[ Hunting, the prince's son went he. With silver gun right fair to see, — .,,,1// At the three ducks aimed carefully, . .,,,? | Fired at the black, the white killed he. King's son ill luck thy portion be, My own white duck is killed by thee •f .. ) NATIONAL BALLADS. 16 Beneath his wing his blood flows free, And diamonds in his eyes there be ; And gold and silver plenteously Pour from his beak upon the sea ; His feathers to the wind flew free, Gathered them in fair women three, To make a bed right soft to see Where travellers to sleep are free. .1 \ yf-fie. <5^-a,c^ ■J^:- ''iCyt-tJfCyO A f- y%(^ W^^ tO^ry^ -t-ot^ V / i f ■■UP""-" .t ^hV*««i