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3 Capo 3 Am Em F C Am Em F There were rough seas and rain on the day that I came to the New World, this year of our Lord Am Em F C Am Em F I had barely made land when Papal command insisted that I stay on board. C G Dm Am C G F I was given a child born in the wild long a distant from Ville Quebec's hold. C G Dm Am C G F He was brown in the shade the billowed sails made and barely a month or two old. C G Am F C G F “And so mon petit we are borne 'cross the sea to the council of good King Louis. C G Am F C G F There is hot bread and tea for my baby and me and the wonder of all of Paris.” Am Em F C Am Em F And there was strong drink in hand the day we made land. Our arrival was met with such joy. Am Em F C Am Em F I was taken to work from morning 'til dark and erstwhile I cared for the boy. C G Dm Am C G F So quickly he grew! Before he was two he was bigger than boys twice his age. C G Dm Am C G F A marvel for sure, a heart brave and pure, impressing both subject and sage. C G Am F C G F “So, mon petit, you were born 'cross the sea in a country beyond Acadie. C G Am F C G F And though your people for free they were destined to be in bondage; the slaves of Paris.” Am Em F C Am Em F But the boy grew up tall (a wonder to all) in the court of Louis the fourteenth. Am Em F C Am Em F There was hot bread and tea, the court of Louis, and a wonderfully rare human being. C G Dm Am C G F In becoming a man, he'd soon understand that he was not born like the rest. C G Dm Am C G F He was tall, brown and lean. His eyes; dark and clean And a different heart beat in his chest C G Am F C G F “And so, mon petit, you were born 'cross the sea to the Huron of Ville Sainte Marie. C G Am F C G F You just happened to be entrusted to me to bring you as the Jewel of Paris.” Am Em F C Am Em F There was terror inside on the day that she died. The first time that he'd been alone. Am Em F C Am Em F He knelt by her bed. He picked up her head, and with her last breath she made known C G Dm Am C G F through all of her days and from each of her pays she'd committed near half what she made C G Dm Am C G F She'd put it away, so that on this day, the price of his freedom was paid. C G Am F C G F And she said “no, mon petit, you were not born to me but I've loved you as if you might be. C G Am F C G F I have saved, mon petit, so that you can be free. Return you to Ville Saint Marie.” C G Am F C G F And so mon petit took a boat, crossed the sea, to the countries beyond Acadie C G Am F C G F to the Ville Sainte Marie, in Huron country. The young man arrived proud ... and free.
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