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By Trevor Trower
Eastern Townships P.Q.
April 9, 2011
This party happens every spring, enjoying life, that’s the thing. Sugaring off and having fun, that is how the work gets done. Comes the time in the Maple Trees when the sap begins, to un-freeze and starts to flow, God we thank, and it ends up in the boiling tank. First we chop down the old pine tree, then we chop it up, don’t you see. Set the fire sticks row on row start the fire, watch it glow. Then cook the sap, make it boil watch it bubble, watch it roil. It starts to thicken and when it’s done, there’s a taste for everyone. Pour some on a bed of ice, use a stick to taste, aint it nice. There’s oxen and horses side by side, Who will take you on, a great hay ride. Up on the wagons amid bales of hay, for this thrill, no need to pay. The driver calls out gee-up, get-along, on their way with a cheer and a song, it takes fifteen minutes to make that ride then chilled were glad, to get inside. All that business, is just great, what’s in the barn?, I just can’t wait, a crowd is gathered, quite a swarm and a great big fire to keep us warm. |
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