Poems and Ballads

of

Wedgeport, Nova Scotia (Acadie)

By Bill Boudreau

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Preface, Hill of The Cross, Mon Village, Wedgeport, Mark of The Villagers, Speck Island, Ste. Marton, Massacre Island,

The Stranger from the Sea, Wilson Island, The Hog Killing, Corps Mort (Dead Body), Legend of The Rappie Pie,

A Wedgeport Gentleman, Virgine: Mother of My Wife, Sailing in a Tub, Santa Claus’ Beard, Little Weenie, Teen Years, Grandmeré Pothier’s Cake, Altar Boy, Where Have All the Tunas Gone?, The Gate, Atlantic Ocean, ‘ti Billy a Cyriac,

Jacob and William (My Grandtwins), At Grandparents’ House, Halloween Night, My Wife (Dorothy á Andrew),

Gina Girl (a song), The Death of a Fisherman, L’Hetriere, L’Écho d’ Évangeline, Acadiens, He Never Stepped Back