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 "title": "Canadian Sports and Games and Plays",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "book": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames",
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  "year": 1884,
  "venue": "Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "Burns sang of joys of Halloween",
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   {
    "text": "But in Canada is often seen",
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   {
    "text": "By far more jolly times than these",
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    "text": "At logging raising, paring bees,",
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    "text": "For here the youth is not afraid",
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   {
    "text": "To trip it with a pretty maid,",
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    "text": "For this at night is his reward",
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   {
    "text": "For working at the bee so hard,",
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    "text": "And oft times till the break of day",
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    "text": "At forfeits they will merry play,",
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   {
    "text": "For he doth win e’en though he miss,",
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   {
    "text": "If from sweet lass he gets a kiss,",
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    "text": "But in its place doth justly prize",
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    "text": "His tea and cakes and pumpkin pies.",
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    "text": "When winter comes it brings no gloom",
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    "text": "But makes fresh pleasures spring and bloom,",
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    "text": "For when the youth longs for a bride",
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    "text": "He gives his girl a grand sleigh ride,",
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    "text": "Which to them both doth pleasures bring",
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    "text": "While merry sleigh bells cheery ring,",
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    "text": "And with the fair maid of his choice",
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    "text": "He graceful skates with her on ice,",
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    "text": "Charming mode of locomotion",
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    "text": "Gliding o’er a polished ocean,",
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    "text": "Such joys they soon do love evolve,",
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    "text": "And they on union do resolve,",
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    "text": "He is happy with his chosen,",
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    "text": "For warm love gets never frozen.",
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    "text": "And young folks oft they do take pride,",
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   {
    "text": "How swift they down the hill can glide,",
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   {
    "text": "And they bravely dare the frost king",
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   {
    "text": "So they may enjoy the coasting,",
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   {
    "text": "Each striving for to lead the van",
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    "text": "In the swift shooting toboggan.",
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    "text": "And on the ice men love to hurl",
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    "text": "The polished blocks to skilful curl,",
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    "text": "And curlers all do proudly claim",
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    "text": "Their’s is a manly healthy game,",
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    "text": "And in Canadians you trace",
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    "text": "A generous, hardy and brave race.",
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    "text": "And brilliant as a fairy hall",
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    "text": "Is scenes on ice at carnival,",
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    "text": "Before the gale in an ice boat",
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    "text": "It swiftly o’er the ice doth float,",
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    "text": "The sensation is you fly",
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    "text": "Like lightning shooting through the sky.",
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    "text": "In summer time the youth do toss",
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    "text": "The baseball and do play lacrosse,",
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    "text": "And tradition doth for it claim",
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    "text": "That ’tis an ancient Indian game,",
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    "text": "And if a foe invade we can,",
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    "text": "Drive them back with clubs Canadian.",
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