Johnnie Courteau of de mountain
Johnnie Courteau of de hill
Dat was de boy can shoot de gun
Dat was de boy can jomp an' run
An' it's not very offen you ketch heem still
Johnnie Courteau!
- WH Drummond, 1901
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You may trace to its lair the soft Chinook,
And the North Wind trail to the Barrens' floor;
But you'll always find, or i'm much mistook,
That some old Frenchman's done it before.
- John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir, pre-1941
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'Be satisfied we will never forget our allegiance till the last cannon which is shot on this continent in defense of Great Britain is fired by the hand of a French Canadian.'
- Sir Etienne-Pascal Taché, a Father of Confederation, in an address to the Québec Assembly, 24 April 1846
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Voice in the crowd: 'Vive la France!'
Trudeau: 'Si vous voulez. Vive la France, et vive les Anglais, aussi. Et vive la république des patates frites.'
Pee-air, Chatham Ont, 11 June 1968 |
