OAMADA MNK NOTE CO., PHOTO-LIT»4. ..•k».-, * . -.J - •it-. ■ ;s %^': -s ■V* .r .,...■ -t .- <■''' '' ■ •■« ft» '">/^ ^^^J^ If^^Tv y "MAMMA'S JOFand "PAPA'S PEARL/' DR CMRdA'^ WINTER CARmiRL BY ff TUgUE RDUG-E. II A • ' • '•••• » M At * . '• • • i • ; , ( ' t > , t , , " ' C C i * t t • • ^ • III < < ►■^v. d J J C 1 , 58888 Stop, you naughty cruel boy, Is your name Mamma's Joy. MAMMA'S JOY" AND " PAPA'S PEARL," DR CANADA'S WINTER CARNIVAL. Mam MA'S Joy" and "Papa's Pearl," A little Canadian boy and girl, Went snow-shoeing one day, As Montrealers say; Dressed in blanket coats of blue, With capuchons too. Scarlet tuques and sashes new, Far away. Up the mountain side they went, And the merry sunshine lent Dancing rays their steps to greet ; And the frosty air smelt sweet With the scent of the fir trees. While borne upon the breeze. O'er the snow. Came the clangour of the bells Of " Notre Dame" that tells ^^-^^Vt^=sr The Carnival has come, With its laughter-laden hum And the sound of fife and drum From below. When they left Mamma had said <« I am really half afraid Dear children thus to trust you all alone, Now Mamma's Joy take care For Papa's Pearl's are rare And Papa's Pearl so coy Keep close to Mamma's Joy And be back before the sun goes down. Climbing, climbing, soon they reach A clump of winter-beech, Cheerily singing as they tramp, With cheeks as red as roses And redder little noses. Says Papa's Pearl "how nice t'would be to camp Oh ! let us make a fire 1 don't care to go up higher And then you know we needn't mind the damp." ' Says Mamma's Joy, " that's good And ril collect the wood, \^ -:^^><^%^rx^ We'll pretend we're trapper's on a trail, We'll be following a bear" j Cries Papa's Pearl." " look there ! My, it gave me quite a scare ! It's a cat with a great big tail." '• Hurrah ! cries Mamma's Joy Just you be the decoy And mew like kittens do, Oh you wait, I'll put him through." " No, I wont,'' says Papa's Pearl, You're a nasty little churl You shant hurt the pretty cat," " Wont I though ; you bet your hat ! If I choose, he's nice and fat And I'll skin him for a mat. Cries Mamma's joy, you'll see If I'll let a girl boss me." " Stop, you naughty cruel boy Is your name Mamma's Joy ? Said a sweet but mournful voice, I am certain your Mamma And your chivalrous Papa -:>^5;^-^V5:5^^^ '^^^^^^^^ Would be shocked to liear their son Such a wicked deed had done. 'Thus spoke the Fairy Beaux- Veux, "take your choice. ' Behold ! the sun has set, Papa's Pearl, you need'nt fret, For there's time to get home yet ; You shall ride on my toboggan, Mamma's Joy deserves a flogging And t'will do him good to walk. Yes, I'll teach you, sir, to talk About skinning cats for ma(s, Putting through, and betting hats, He's my cat, and when I slide Down the mountain for a ride, Pussy serves me as a guide. Ah ! you well may look ashamed- Cruel children must be tamed." "Please, I did'nt mean to kill him" said the lad. Sobbed Papa's Pearl, " He is'nt very bad ; He said so just to tease, ma'am, and you'll make Me sorry if he's punished for my sake; And please, ma'am, please, Pd rather walk than ride— I promised, too, to keep close by his side." -^^^^^I?!^)<^ I ^^-^^^^^ "Well, Papa's Pearl, I think I'll change my mind" Said Fairy Beaux- Veux, -'but his eyes I'll bind, So that he shall not see, As we slide down all three. The Fairy toboggan band. All sliding at my command ; The torches of every hue — Red, purple, green and blue, The crackers and rockets too, That will fall in a starry shower. As we speed past my ice-built bower ; Go Puss and bid them come, I must take these children home." • ••••• t t« •• •# •• •• •• ft Here it may be as well to describe The Canadian Fairy Tribe : They are tall, and strong, as fair, — Qualities somewhat rare In the Fairy race ; And 'tis no disgrace With a mortal to compare ; And the clothes they usually wear Are blanket coats. Buttoned up to their throats. For I've seen them, I do declare, ^^^^^±. ;^ ^^^ The Fairy Beaux- Yeux is Queen — A sort of betwixt and between A blonde and brunette, With hair of jet And eyes of emerald green ; Oh ! a Fairy of regal mien, With a skin so white That the snow by night, Which falls upon Mount Royal's height, Is not more white I ween. Like a huge sugar-frosted cake The mountain gleams ; And Papa's Pearl half doubts that she's awake, While like ice creams And candies, hang the icicles in rows, For see ! the moon is rising, and it grows Larger and larger, shaped like a canoe C)f burnished silver, sailing into view. And hand in hand The toboggan band Now form in a circle round them, ■! i r. ->-^J!SJtVv^<^ -^^-^y^^^^:?^:^^ A score or more, Sweet girls galore, For Puss had quickly found them; Each with her beau, And all aglow, With youth and health they shouted : — " All hail to our Queen, With the eyes of green, May all her foes be routed." But Mamma's Joy Is a sorrowful boy, For his eyes have been bound so tightly, That he can't see a thing, Of the Fairy ring, Tho' the moon shine never so brightly, Tho' the torches flare, (He pretends not to care. Yet his conscience pricks him slightly For to fairy Beaux- Yeux He would still be a Preux — Chevalier, whether wrongly or rightly.) j^^^^VS^^^ -^^i^^V^i^T^'^^ "What I wish you to do," Said Fairy Beaux- Veux, " Is to slide with us to the city ; For on such a night, It is my dehght," And she smiled with a kind of pity Upon Mamma's Joy, For that cunning boy VVas humming a doleful ditty. About blind-man's buff, And it's being too rough On a fellow from a girl so pretty. This to Fairy Beaux- Veux Somehow seemed pretty true, And she thought it exceeo igly witty. " Come here, Mamma's Joy, If you'll be a good boy. And not tease Papa's Pearl, (She shall marry an Earl When she gets a big girl.) I'll forgive you, because of your mother. And I'll give you a kiss," Cried the youngster, " O bliss ! For a kiss, I'll give you another. So give it mo please, And I'll down on my knees And vow to be a good brother.' -^^>^^^^^^ iN.^.«^Vi:l4. "•\ ,,|;\:*i»i%K|4_^ -1. There ; — I dub you my knight, My battles to fight. v '^^^^^ " The/e I I dub you my knight, My bUtles to figbt- Sans reproehe ef sans peur. En amant de caeur. To uphold the right With the whole of your might And strength and mind, So no longer be blind.'' From his eyes fell the veil, The cat wagged its tail, And the Fairy band cried Hey, Puss, for a ride ! On the biggest snow banks We'll form our ranks, And away ! away ! 'Till dawn of day, We'll slide, and slide, 'Till we're all satisfied; Over the snow Like a flash we'll go, Each beau with his belle And each belle with her beau, ; Oh ! who shall tell^- Of the jaybiis speil ^ ii 1 •> J . u ;, . '. J ^ > g ff d ->^^ViS5^^^ ».• w Of Carnival time, In our ice-bound clime : How we welcome Jack Frost Willi song and toast ; How with tuque and snow-shoe. We parade in review, And skate and coast And proudly boast That our Winter Sports Are better than Courts To train our youth In courage and truth, And manly and womanly virtues too, And to teach us to '• paddle our own canoe." Clad in blanket-coats so warm, VVe but laugh at a snow-storm, And merrily i>ass the day ; Or with torches burning bright, We sally forth at night, And who shall say us nay ? 'I'hen hurrah ! for Montreal And our Carnival. While Queen Beaux- Yeitx holds sway. Good children never fear, Will be always welcome here, So form ; form ; form ; and away. • • « , « 4 « « .. t ' ' ,; ,.;,...' ' « » « t . « « > t t t 5 ' 6" I o I . t-e o i ' r J ■ K (. c a ->^4:;i?&^^ts<'<- r ' » . «".• •>• • •» r*.' • '/ . , -i fii-'"^-^' f..*.,^^t : 'tfi'%: •#—..».«-.. -♦N.W*-.XII >■*-.--*„,