Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

<p class="tit-song">THE SONG OF THE "METIS" TRAPPER <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page320" name="page320"></SPAN>(p. 320)</span><br/> <span class="add2em">By Rolette</span></p> <p>Hurrah for the great white way!<br/> <span class="add1em">Hurrah for the dog and sledge!</span><br/> As we snow-shoe along,<br/> <span class="add1em">We give them a song,</span><br/> With a snap of the whip and an urgent "mush on,"&mdash;<br/> <span class="add1em">Hurrah for the great white way! Hurrah!</span></p> <p>Hurrah for the snow and the ice!<br/> <span class="add1em">As we follow the trail,</span><br/> We call to the dogs with whistle and song,<br/> <span class="add1em">And reply to their talk</span><br/> With only "mush on, mush on"!<br/> <span class="add1em">Hurrah for the snow and the ice! Hurrah!</span></p> <p>Hurrah for the gun and the trap,&mdash;<br/> <span class="add1em">As we follow the lines</span><br/> By the rays of the mystic light<br/> <span class="add1em">That flames in the north with banners so bright,</span><br/> As we list to its swish, swish, swish, through the air all night,<br/> <span class="add1em">Hurrah for the gun and the trap! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!</span></p> <p>Hurrah <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page321" name="page321"></SPAN>(p. 321)</span> for the fire and cold!<br/> <span class="add1em">As we lie in the robes all night.</span><br/> And list to the howl of the wolf;<br/> <span class="add1em">For we emptied the pot of the tea so hot,</span><br/> And a king on his throne might envy our lot,&mdash;<br/> <span class="add1em">Hurrah for the fire and cold! Hurrah!</span></p> <p>Hurrah for our black-haired girls,<br/> <span class="add1em">Who brave the storms of the mountain heights</span><br/> And follow us on the great white way;<br/> <span class="add1em">For their eyes so bright light the way all right</span><br/> And guide us to shelter and warmth each night.<br/> <span class="add1em">Hurrah for our black-haired girls! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />