mg, if you haven't seen it, this article gives the original collected version of this song. Versions in Fowke, etc., are slightly changed.
The French of Joseph Gaspard Jeannotte, from whom the song was collected, probably was Métis French of the district, but printed versions may have revised it somewhat to suit francophone Canadians. The article also shows the difficulty of reaching agreement on interpreation of regional speech.

Other versions, collected from other informants, differ slightly from M. Jeannotte's, according to the article by Thomas.

Note that the 'translation' by Ms. Cass-Beggs does not follow the French.