SONG OF THE VOYAGEURS. 239 



There are very many others at least equally worth pre- 

 servation with the foregoing ; but, though it is easy to 

 meet persons of all ranks in life in Canada who 

 can sing them, it is very difficult to find any who can 

 write out the words and the music. The former are 

 readily obtained, and are the least valuable*; while the 

 latter, which contains some beautiful wild airs, is rarely 

 to be discovered. I hope, however, before our fishing is 

 concluded, to be enabled to enrich my pages with some of 



* Here is a specimen : 



LE JOLI MOIS DE MAI. 

 1. 



Derriere chez ma tante 



II y a un bois joli, 

 Le rossignol y chante, y chante 

 Tant le jour que la nuit ; 

 Gai Ion la, gai le rosier 

 Du joli mois de mai. 



2. 



Le rossignol y chante 



Tant le jour que la nuit, 

 II chante pour ces dames, ces dames, 



Qui n'ont point de maris. 

 Gai Ion la, etc. 



3. 



II ne chante pas pour moi, pour moi, 

 Car j'en ai un joli. 



4. 



II n'est pas dans la danse, la danse 

 II est bien loin d'ici. 



