This text comes from Songs of French Canada, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.
I kept my jay for seven years
In my round cage so bright,
And at the end of seven years
My sweet jay took his flight.
Oh, gai!
I'll never keep a jay again,
Ah! never more I'll keep a jay.
And at the end of seven years
My jay his flight has ta'en;
"Come back, my jay, my pretty jay,
Come to your cage again.
"Come back my jay, my pretty jay,
Come back once more to me";
To which my saucy jay replied,
"I'll play the madcap free.
"I'll play the madcap free for once,
For once I'll play the fool—
To Paris fair I'll straight repair,
And there will found a school.
"To Paris fair I'll straight repair,
And there a school will found,
To which all ladies fair will come
From all the city round.
"Oh! all the ladies fair will come
Unto my school so gay;
I'll choose the fairest of them all,
And send the rest away."
Oh, gai!
I'll never keep a jay again,
Ah! never more I'll keep a jay.