Dialogue entre Deux Metis: Le Cultivateur et la Chasseur (The Hunter and the Farmer)

DESCRIPTION: Canadian French, "Aujourd'hui pour chanter nous sommes reunis." The people meet to hear from a farmer and a hunter. The farmer asks how the hunter is doing. The hunter tells of all the dangers faced by those in his job. The farmer is happy to be safer
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1872 (Le Metis, according to MacLeod-SongsOfOldManitoba)
KEYWORDS: dialog farming hunting injury home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
MacLeod-SongsOfOldManitoba, #11, pp. 67-74, "Dialogue entre Deux Metis: Le Cultivateur et la Chasseur (The Hunter and the Farmer)" (1 French text plus English translation, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Soldier Boy for Me (A Railroader for Me)" (theme: professional comparison) and references there
File: Macl11

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