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The Lakes of Pontchartrain Lyrics

[Verse 1]

'Twas on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu

And I took the road to Jackson town, my fortune to renew

I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain

Which filled me heart with longin' for the lakes of Pontchartain

[Verse 2]

I stepped on board of a railroad car, beneath the morning sun

And I rode the roads 'til evening and I laid me down again

All strangers they're no friends to me, 'til a dark girl towards me came

And I fell in love with a Creole girl, from the lakes of Pontchartrain

[Verse 3]

I said me pretty Creole girl, my money here's no good

If it weren't for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the wood

"You're welcome here kind stranger, our house is very plain

But we never turn a stranger out, on the banks of Pontchartrain"

[Verse 4]

She took me into her mammy's house, and she treated me quite well

The hair upon her shoulders, in jet black ringlets fell

To try and paint her beauty, I'm sure t'would be in vain

So handsome was my Creole girl, from the lakes of Pontchartrain

[Verse 5]

I asked her if she'd marry me, she said this would never be

For she had got another, and he was far at sea

She said that she would wait for him, And true she would remain

Until he returned to his Creole girl, from the lakes of Pontchartrain[Verse 6]

So fare thee well me bonny old girl, may I never see you more

I'll ne'er forget your kindness, in the cottage by the shore

And at each social gathering, a flowin' glass I'll raise

And I'll drink a health to me Creole girl, from the lakes of Pontchartrain