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YOUNG ROUSSELLE A FRENCH SONG OF THE OLDEN TIME

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Young Rousselle has three houses got,

Never a roof to all the lot,—

For swallows' nests they will serve quite well—

What do you think of Young Rousselle?

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has three top-coats;

Two are of cloth as yellow as oats;

The third, which is made of paper brown,

He wears if it freezes or rain comes down.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has three old hats;

Two are as round as butter-pats;

The third has two little horns, 'tis said,

Because it has taken the shape of his head.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has three fine eyes;

Each is quite of a different size;

One looks east and one looks west,

The third, his eye-glass, is much the best.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has three black shoes

Two on his feet he likes to use;

The third has neither sole nor side:

That will do when he weds his bride.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle three hairs can find:

Two in front and one behind;

And, when he goes to see his girl,

He puts all three of them in curl.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, three boys he has got:

Two are nothing but trick and plot;

The third can cheat and swindle well,—

He greatly resembles Young Rousselle.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has three good tykes;

One hunts rabbits just as he likes,

One chivies hares,—and, as for the third,

He bolts whenever his name is heard.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has three big cats,

Who never attempt to catch the rats;

The third is blind, and without a light

He goes to the granary every night.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has daughters three,

Married as well as you'd wish to see;

Two, one could scarcely beauties call,

And the third, she has just no brains at all.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he has farthings three,—

To pay his creditors these must be;

And, when he has shown these riches vast,

He puts them back in his purse at last.

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


Young Rousselle, he will run his rig

A long while yet ere he hops the twig,

For, so they say, he must learn to spell

To write his own epitaph,—Young Rousselle!

Ah! ah! ah! truth to tell,

A jolly good chap is Young Rousselle.


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUNG ROUSSELLE?

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