AWAY off back on de mountain-side, Not easy t'ing fin' de spot, W'ere de lake below is long an' wide, A nice leetle place I got, Mebbe ten foot deep by twenty-two, An' if you see it, I bet You'll not be surprise w'en I tole to you I chrissen dat place Charmette. Dat's purty beeg word, Charmette, for go On poor leetle house so small, Wit' only wan chimley, a winder or so, An' no galerie at all -- But I want beeg word, so de worl' will know W'at dat place it was mean to me, An' dere on de book of Jean Jacques Rousseau, Charmette is de nam' I see. O ma dear Charmette! an' de stove is dere, (Good stove) an' de wood-pile too. An' stretch out your finger mos' anyw'ere, Dere's plaintee for comfort you -- You're hongry? wall! you got pork an' bean Mak' you feel lak Edouard de King -- You're torsty? Jus' look dere behin' de screen, An' mebbe you fin' somet'ing -- Ha! Ha! you got it. Ma dear Charmette. Dere's many fine place, dat's true, If you travel aroun' de worl', but yet W'ere is de place lak you? Open de door, don't kip it close -- W'at's air of de mornin' for? Would you fassen de door on de win' dat blows Over God's own boulevard? You see dat lake? Wall! I alway hate To brag -- but she's full of trout, So full dey can't jump togeder, but wait An' tak' deir chance, turn about -- An' if you be campin' up dere above, De mountain would be so high, Very offen de camp you'd have to move, Or how can de moon pass by? It's wonderful place for sure, Charmette, An' ev'ry wan say to me -- I got all de pleasure de man can get 'Cept de wife an' de familee -- But somebody else can marry ma wife, Have de familee too also, W'at more do I want, so long ma life Was spare to me here below? For we can't be happier dan we been Over twenty year, no siree! An' if ever de stranger come between De leetle Charmette an' me, Den all I can say is, kip out de way, For dynamite sure I'll get, An' affer dat you can hunt all day For me an' ma dear Charmette. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD: PASTORAL 3. THE HAPPY COUNTRYMAN by NICHOLAS BRETON EXILE OF ERIN by THOMAS CAMPBELL AN EPITAPH UPON HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO DIED AND WERE BURIED by RICHARD CRASHAW THE SUN GOD by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE MENAPHON: SAMELA by ROBERT GREENE THE VAMPIRE by RUDYARD KIPLING HEAVEN by NANCY WOODBURY PRIEST BORDER BALLAD [OR MARCH, OR SONG], FR. THE MONASTERY by WALTER SCOTT |