Poor Little Girls of Ontario

Poor Little Girls of Ontario - Bonnie Dobson

Composed by：Bonnie Dobson

I'll sing you a song of that legi pest it

Goes by the name of the great northwest

I cannot have a men at all

They all skip out there in the fall

One by one they all clear out

Thinking to better themselves no doubt

Caring little how far they go

From the poor little girls of Ontario

First I got stauck on Charley Brown

The nicest fellow in all the town

But he tipped his hat and sailed away

And now he's living in Manitobay

One by one they all clear out

Thinking to better themselves no doubt

Caring little how far they go

From the poor little girls of Ontario

Then Henry black with his white cravat

His high stiff collar and his new plug hat

He said if he stayed he'd have to beg

And of he went to winnipeg

One by one they all clear out

Thinking to better themselves no doubt

Caring little how far they go

From the poor little girls of Ontario

I long-legged druggist

With his specs on his nose

I really thought he'd propose

But he's sold his bottle-shop

And now he's gone

Clear out to Saskatchewan

One by one they all clear out

Thinking to better themselves no doubt

Caring little how far they go

From the poor little girls of Ontario

Will I pack my clothes in a carpet sack

I'll go out there and I'll never come back

I'll find me a husband and a good one too

If I have to go through to Cariboo

One by one we'll all clear out

Thinking to better ourselves no doubt

Caring little how far we go

From the old old folks of Ontario

One by one they all clear out

Thinking to better outselves no doubt

Caring little how far we go

From the old old folks of Ontario