"Wall! meb-be."

 

 

 

 Snubbing (Tying-up) the Raft 

 Las' night dey 're passin', de golden plover, Dis mornin' I 'm seein' de bluebird's wing, So if not'ing go wrong, de winter 's over, An' not very long till we got de spring. 

Dis mornin' I 'm seein' de bluebird's wing,

An' not very long till we got de spring.

 An' nex' t'ing de reever she 'll start a-hummin', An' den you 'll hear it, de song an' laugh, Is tellin' de news, de boys are comin' Home again on de saw-log raf'. 

An' den you 'll hear it, de song an' laugh,

Home again on de saw-log raf'.

 All very well for see dem swingin' Roun' de beeg islan' dere on de bay, Nice t'ing too, for to hear dem singin', 'Cos it mak' me t'ink of de good ole day. 

Roun' de beeg islan' dere on de bay,

'Cos it mak' me t'ink of de good ole day.

 An' me—I could lissen dem song forever, But it is n't so pleasan' w'en evenin' fall, An' dey 're lookin' for place to stay, an' never Snub de raf' on ma place at all—- 

But it is n't so pleasan' w'en evenin' fall,

Snub de raf' on ma place at all—-

 Dat 's de fine cove if dey only know it— Hard to fin' better on St. Maurice, Up de reever or down below it, An' house on de hill only leetle piece. 

Hard to fin' better on St. Maurice,

An' house on de hill only leetle piece.

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