Pelang

Pelang! Pelang! Mon cher garon, I t'ink of you, t'ink of you night and day, Don't mak' no difference, seems to me De long long tam you're gone away. ***** De snow is deep on de Grande Montagne, Lak tonder de rapide roar below, De sam' kin' night, ma boy get los' On beeg, beeg storm forty year ago. An' I never was hear de win' blow hard, An' de snow come sweesh on de window pane, But ev'ryt'ing 'pear lak' it's yesterday An' whole of ma troub' is come back again. Ah me! I was foolish young girl den It's only ma own plaisir I care, An' w'en some dance or soire come off Dat's very sure t'ing you will see me dere. Don't got too moche sense at all dat tam, Run ev'ry place on de whole contree, But I change beeg lot w'en Pelang come 'long For I love him so well, kin' o' steady me. An' he was de bes' boy on Coteau, An' t'ink I am de bes' girl too for sure, He's tole me dat, geev de ring also Was say on de inside "Je t'aime toujours." I geev heem some hair dat come off ma head, I mak' de nice stocking for warm hees feet, So ev'ryt'ing's feex, w'en de spring is come For mak' marie on de church toute suite. "W'en de spring is come!" Ah I don't see dat, Dough de year is pass as dey pass before, An' de season come, an' de season go, But our spring never was come no more. ***** It's on de fte of de jour de l'an, An' de worl' outside is cole an' w'ite, As I sit an' watch for mon cher Pelang For he's promise come see me dis very night. Bonhomme Peloquin dat is leev near us, He's alway keep look heem upon de moon, See fonny t'ing dere only week before, An' say he's expec' some beeg storm soon. So ma fader is mak' it de laugh on me' "Pelang he's believe heem de ole Bonhomme Dat t'ink he see ev'ryt'ing on de moon An' mebbe he's feel it too scare for come." But I don't spik not'ing I am so sure Of de promise Pelang is mak' wit' me, An' de mos' beeg storm dat is never blow Can't kip heem away from hees own Marie. I open de door, an' pass outside For see mese'f how de night is look An' de star is commence for go couch De mountain also is put on hees tuque. No sooner, I come on de house again W'ere ev'ryt'ing feel it so nice an' warm, Dan out of de sky come de Nor'Eas' win', Out of de sky come de beeg snow storm. Blow lak not'ing I never see, Blow lak le diable he was mak' grande tour; De snow come down lak wan avalanche, An' cole! Mon Dieu, it is cole for sure! I t'ink, I t'ink of mon pauvre garon, Dat's out mebbe on de Grande Montagne; So I place chandelle we're it's geev good light, An' pray Le Bon Dieu he will help Pelang. De ole folk t'ink I am go crazee, An' moder she's geev me de good night kiss; She say "Go off on your bed, Marie, Dere's nobody come on de storm lak dis." But ma eye don't close dat long long, night For it seem jus' lak phantome is near, An' I t'ink of de terrible Loup Garou An' all de bad story I offen hear. Dere was tam I am sure somet'ing call "Marie" So plainly I open de outside door, But it's meet me only de awful storm, An de cry pass away, don't come no more. An' de morning sun, w'en he's up at las', Fin' me w'ite as de face of de snow itse'f, For I know very well, on de Grande Montagne, Ma poor Pelang he's come dead hese'f. It's noon by de clock w'en de storm blow off, An' ma fader an' broder start out for see Any track on de snow by de Mountain side, Or down on de place w'ere chemin should be. No sign at all on de Grande Montagne, No sign all over de w'ite, w'ite snow; Only hear de win' on de beeg pine tree, An' roar of de rapide down below. An' w'ere is he lie, mon cher Pelang! Pelang ma boy I was love so well? Only Le Bon Dieu up above An' mebbe de leetle snow bird can tell. An I t'ink I hear de leetle bird say, "Wait till de snow is geev up it's dead, Wait till I go, an' de robin come, An' den you will fin' hees cole, cole bed." An' it's all come true, for w'en de sun Is warm de side of de Grande Montagne An' drive away all de winter snow, We fin' heem at las', mon cher Pelang! An' here on de fte of de jour de l'an, Alone by mese'f I sit again, W'ile de beeg, beeg storm is blow outside, An' de snow come sweesh on de window pane. Not all alone, for I t'ink I hear De voice of ma boy gone long ago; Can hear it above de hurricane, An' roar of de rapide down below. Yes, yes, Pelang, mon cher garon! I t'ink of you, t'ink of you night an' day, Don't mak' no difference seems to me How long de tam you was gone away.