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Burns sang of joys of Halloween / But in Canada is often seen / By far more jolly times than these / At logging raising, paring bees, / For here the youth is not afraid / To trip it with a pretty maid, / For this at night is his reward / For working at the bee so hard, / And oft times till the break of day / At forfeits they will merry play, / For he doth win e'en though he miss, / If from sweet lass he gets a kiss, / But in its place doth justly prize / His tea and cakes and pumpkin pies.
When winter comes it brings no gloom / But makes fresh pleasures spring and bloom, / For when the youth longs for a bride / He gives his girl a grand sleigh ride, / Which to them both doth pleasures bring / While merry sleigh bells cheery ring, / And with the fair maid of his choice / He graceful skates with her on ice, / Charming mode of locomotion / Gliding o'er a polished ocean, / Such joys they soon do love evolve, / And they on union do resolve, / He is happy with his chosen, / For warm love gets never frozen.