Nova Scotia

James McIntyre (1828?–1906) · Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames · 1884

If you are sulky, Nova Scotia,
We’ll gladly let you float away
From out our Confederation;
You sicken us with sly agitation.
If any more our patience you do tax
We’ll let you go to Halifax.

Where this text comes from

First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

Structure read from the source's markup; the words have not been compared against a page scan. Last checked 2026-08-20.

Taken from Standard Ebooks, standardebooks/james-mcintyre_poetry, poetry.xhtml. Rights: public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931).

Earlier sources (3)

This poem as JSON or plain text. Line anchors #L1–#L6.

Cite this poem

James McIntyre (1828?–1906). “Nova Scotia.” First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/james-mcintyre/nova-scotia/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

More by James McIntyre